Angus Taylor is an Australian politician and a member of the Liberal Party, representing the NSW Division of Hume since 2013.
Mr Taylor was the Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity from December 2017 to August 2018. He became Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction in August 2018 under the Morrison government, and took on the additional portfolio as Minister for Industry in October 2021. Following the Liberal Party's defeat at the federal election in May 2022, Mr Taylor became the Shadow Treasurer in the Dutton shadow ministry.
Prior to entering parliament in 2013, Mr Taylor was a director of Port Jackson Partners where he was a strategy and business advisor on the resources, agriculture, energy and infrastructure sectors. He was also a partner of global consulting firm McKinsey & Co. Mr Taylor has also founded or advised a number of small, fast growing startup businesses, particularly in the agriculture sector.
Mr Taylor has a Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honours and University Medal) and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Sydney. He also has a Master of Philosophy in Economics from Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. His thesis was in the field of competition policy.
