Scott Beaumont

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Born (1971-12-30) December 30, 1971 (age 52)
Tenterden, Kent
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipEngland
Alma mater
  • Borden Grammar School
  • University of Sheffield
Occupation
  • Businessman
  • President of Asia Pacific Business & Operations for Google

Scott Beaumont (born 30 December 1971) is a British businessman, President of Asia Pacific Business & Operations for Google [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]. Since 2019 he has been the lead spokesperson for Google on its announcements in Asia Pacific.

Early life

Beaumont was born in Tenterden, Kent. He was educated at Borden Grammar School and University of Sheffield, where he received a dual Honours degree in 1994.

Career

Beaumont began his career as an Equity Analyst at James Capel in London, covering technology and the emerging internet and mobile telephony industries. He then led business development at a mobile internet start-up within Deutsche Telekom, which in time evolved into a EVP role for T-Mobile International [6]. In 2004, he undertook a management buyout of a publishing project within T-Mobile, co-founding Refresh Mobile in early 2005 [7] [8]. Beaumont joined Google at the beginning of 2009, leading its Partnerships activities in Northern Europe before moving to Shanghai in 2013 to lead its Greater China and Korea activities [9] [10]. He took on the Asia-Pacific role in March 2019 [11] [12] and resides in Singapore. Beaumont sits on the advisory board of Asia House [13] and of McLaren Racing.

Personal life

Beaumont married Caroline Smith in 2001 and has two sons (born 2006 and 2008). They are supporters of Parkinson’s UK [14] and sponsor scholarships both at the University of Sheffield [15] and United World College of South East Asia.

References

  1. FT, 18 Mar 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/fb9202d2-494a-11e9-8b7f-d49067e0f50d
  2. Google blogs, 7 Feb 2022{{Cite web|url=https://www.googblogs.com/author/scott-beaumont/
  3. Asia House, 10 May 2021{{Cite web|url=https://asiahouse.org/news-and-views/googles-scott-beaumont-joins-asia-house-advisory-board/
  4. Asia Tech{{Cite web|url=https://asiatechxsg.com/speakers/0ad9318b-5123-4372-bc90-9fc83179eb89/
  5. Google in Asia{{Cite web|url=https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-asia/partnerships-safer-internet-asia/
  6. Google developer day, 2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.cn/intl/en/events/developerdays2017china/speakers/
  7. FT, 3 Aug 2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/ea6151a6-9703-11e8-b67b-b8205561c3fe
  8. Marketing Week, 18 May 2006{{Cite web|url=https://www.marketingweek.com/mobizine-firm-plans-mobi-blog/
  9. Mercury News, 15 Jul 2013{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/07/15/googles-greater-china-president-steps-down/
  10. Marketwatch.com, 16 Jul 2013{{Cite web|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/googles-china-head-john-liu-steps-down-2013-07-16
  11. Google names Scott Beaumont to top Asia-Pacific job, FT, 18 Mar 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/fb9202d2-494a-11e9-8b7f-d49067e0f50d
  12. Google's Scott Beaumont becomes new APAC president, Campaignasia.com, 18 Mar 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.campaignasia.com/article/googles-scott-beaumont-becomes-new-apac-president/450546
  13. Google’s Scott Beaumont joins Asia House Advisory Board, Asia House, 10 May 2021{{Cite web|url=https://asiahouse.org/news-and-views/googles-scott-beaumont-joins-asia-house-advisory-board/
  14. Trustees' report and financial statements, 31 December 2016{{Cite web|url=https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/sites/default/files/2018-09/CS2699%20Annual%20report%202016_Digital_0.pdf
  15. Honour Roll, Sheffield University, 2017{{Cite web|url=ttps://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.569595!/file/Honour_Roll.pdf

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