director officer commander Central Bank
He attended the Royal College of Defence Studies, and the Royal Air Force Staff College, Cranwell.
Beer was station commander of Royal Air Force Brize Norton in 1986, and was promoted to air commodore on 1 July 1987. By 1990 he was Director Air Plans and Programmes. After his retirement from the Royal Air Force, he became Home Bursar at Jesus College, Oxford from 1997 to 2006, succeeding Air Commodore John De"Athabasca (Canada)
Peter Beer is an Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.