Jayne Hrdlicka
Jayne Hrdlicka is an American business executive based in Australia.Life
Hrdlicka grew up in Kansas near by Wichita, in the United States; her father had defected from Czechoslovakia and in 1948 migrated to the U.S.. She graduated from Colorado College, Colorado USA, with a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics and economics. She also holds an MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire USA.
Between 1987–1991 and 1997–2010 Hrdlicka held senior positions at Bain & Company, initially in the United States, and in Australia from 1994. She also held a senior position at Arthur Young and Company. From 2010 to 2012 Hrdlicka was a senior executive at Qantas. In July 2012 Hrdlicka was appointed group chief executive officer at Jetstar, a position she held until July 2018 when she was appointed managing director, chief executive officer and director of The a2 Milk Company, an Auckland-based dairy company.. She stepped down from A2 Milk in December 2019.
She was a director of Tennis Australia between January 2016 and October 2017, and has been appointed Tennis Australia Board President and Chair in October 2017. She also served as a director at Woolworths from 2010 to 2016. She is a member of Tuck School of Business' Asian Advisory Board.
