Career
He began a public service career as a development economist in Africa in the 1960s and ended it in 2004 as a Director in the United Kingdom"s Department for International Development (Department for International Development). From 1997 to 2004, Beattie was Ambassador and United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome. Among other roles in the governing bodies in Rome he was President of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme (World Food Program), chair of the Audit Committee of the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (International Fund for Agricultural Development) and Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (Food and Agriculture Organization).
He chaired the Governance Group established by WFPs Executive Board in 1999.
He has trained as a coach at Henley Management College and implemented a coaching programme in World Food Program. Prior to his death he was undertaking a consultancy for the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research fund Council on resource mobilisation. He died in Johannesburg on March 31, 2014 after having had a fall in Dar es Salaam on March 19, 2014.
He is the author of Experience of Commissioning Research and Development in "Science in Government - the Rise of the Intelligent Customer", Research Investment Strategies in Selected European Countries: Lessons Learned: the United Kingdom in "Investment Strategies for Agriculture and Natural Resources" (1988), and "The governance of priorities, financing and performance in the delivery of public goods by international and regional membership organisations" (2013).
