Sir Alexander Charles Beard CBE (born October 1963)Companies in the UK
Alexander Beard
Retrieved 20 March 2013 was the deputy director of the

Tate Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the UK ...

from 2002 to 2013.Alex Beard announced as new Chief Executive of Royal Opera House, retrieved 19 March 2013
/ref> In March 2013, he was appointed as the new chief executive of the

Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. The ROH is the main home of The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet, and the Orch ...

, London,BBC News, retrieved 19 March 2013
/ref> succeeding Tony Hall, who relinquished the post on his appointment as Director-General of the BBC. Beard took up the post at the ROH in September 2013.Alex Beard profile
at ROH.org.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2015.

Education

He was educated at

Manchester Grammar School The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) is a highly Selective school, selective Private_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom, private day school for boys aged 7-18 in Manchester, England, which was founded in 1515 by Hugh Oldham (then Bishop of Exeter). ...

Westminster School Westminster School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Westminster, London, England, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey. It descends from a charity school founded by Westminster Benedictines before the Norman Conquest, as do ...

and

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

(BA, Classics).

Career

Beard has spent nineteen years with the Tate and previously worked for the

Arts Council England Arts Council England is an arm's length non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is also a registered charity. It was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council o ...

for seven years (1986–93) and for

KPMG KPMG is a multinational professional services network, based in London, United Kingdom. As one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Ernst & Young (EY), Deloitte, and PwC. KPMG is a network of firms in 145 countries with 275,288 emplo ...

(1985–6).Tate structure and staff: Deputy Director, retrieved 20 March 2013
/ref> At the Tate, he was responsible for the business plan for the creation of

Tate Modern Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international Modern art, modern and contemporary art (created from or after 1900). It forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Live ...

. He has also been a member of the Board of Glyndebourne Productions Ltd since 2008.

Family

Alex Beard has a son and a daughter, Betty Rose Beard and Alfred John Wells Beard.

Honours

He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the arts in the New Year Honours at the end of 2012.

References

1963 births Living people People educated at Manchester Grammar School People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of King's College London Fellows of King's College London Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British arts administrators People associated with the Tate galleries Royal Opera House Knights Bachelor {{Opera-bio-stub