Peter J. Taylor is a businessperson who has been at the head of 5 different companies and occupies the position of Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Edison International and Chairman at Southern California Edison Co. (a subsidiary of Edison International). Peter J. Taylor is also President & Director at ECMC Foundation and on the board of 9 other companies.

In the past he was President & Chief Executive Officer of ECMC Education, Inc., Managing Director-Public Finance at Lehman Brothers, Inc., Managing Director-Finance at Barclays Capital, Inc., Manager of GTE California, Inc., President at UCLA Alumni Association 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.