Jayne Hrdlicka

Hrdlicka grew up in Kansas nearby Wichita, in the United States; her father had defected from Czechoslovakia and in 1948 migrated to the U.S..[4][5] 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.[6][2]

Between 1987–1991 and 1997–2010 Hrdlicka held senior positions at Bain & Company, initially in the United States, and in Australia from 1994.[4] She also held a senior position at Arthur Young & Company.[7] 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.[6][8] She stepped down from a2 Milk in December 2019.[9][10]

Hrdlicka 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.[11][12] She also served as a director at Woolworths from 2010 to 2016.[6] She is a member of Tuck School of Business' Asian Advisory Board.[13] On 18 November 2020, Hrdlicka became the CEO of Virgin Australia Holdings when Bain & Company took ownership of the airline, following the resignation of Paul Scurrah.[14]