Peter J. Taylor is a businessperson who has been the head of 6 different companies and presently holds the position of Independent Non-Executive Chairman for Edison International and Chairman at Southern California Edison Co. (a subsidiary of Edison International). Mr. Taylor is also on the board of 8 other companies.

In his past career Peter J. Taylor occupied the position of President & Chief Executive Officer at ECMC Education, Inc., Managing Director-Public Finance at Lehman Brothers, Inc., Managing Director-Finance at Barclays Capital, Inc., Manager at GTE California, Inc., Chairman of The James Irvine Foundation, President & Director at UCLA Alumni Association, President & Director at ECMC Foundation and Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President for the University of California.

Peter J. Taylor received an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and a graduate degree from Claremont Graduate University.