Jayne Hrdlicka

Hrdlicka grew up in Kansas, in the United States; her father had defected from the Czech Republic and migrated to the U.S.[2][3] 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.[4][1]

Jayne Hrdlicka at Jetstar Group's 10th birthday celebration, May 2014

From 1991 to 2012 Hrdlicka held senior positions at Bain & Company, initially in the United States, and in Australia from 1994.[2] She also held a senior position at Arthur Young and Company (now Ernst & Young).[5] 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.[4][6]. She stepped down from A2 Milk in December 2019.[7][8]

She was a director of Tennis Australia between January 2016 and October 2018, and has been appointed Tennis Australia Board President and Chair in October 2017.[9][10] She also served as a director at Woolworths from 2010 to 2016.[4] She is a member of Tuck School of Business' Asian Advisory Board.[11]