David R. Beatty

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David Ross Beatty OBE MA CFA (born 1942) is an experienced global businessman and diplomat with extensive Board experience, he is also the Conway Director of the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was educated at Upper Canada College, the University of Trinity College (B.A. 1965), and Cambridge University (M.A. 1967). He has been awarded numerous honorary degrees and awards - most notably he is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and honorary Consul-General for Papua New Guinea.

He currently serves as a professor at The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and Managing Director of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance.

Beatty has been a director of a variety of trans-national corporation, they are:

Bank of Montreal
FirstService
Garbell Holdings Limited
Goldcorp
Inmet Mining
Thistle Mining
Canadian Securities Institute
Gardiner Group Capital
Ivanhoé Cambridge Shopping Centres Limited

Advisor or Trustee

Canadian Corporate Funding Limited
Director, Institute of Corporate Directors
The Toronto Club
Vice-Chairman of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation in Claremont, California and founding Chairman in Canada
Founding Chairman of Orogen Minerals Limited a natural resources company (oil, gas, gold and nickel) listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and 51% owned by the Government of Papua New Guinea
Chairman and CEO of Old Canada Investment Corporation Limited a closed end fund traded on the TSE
President, Weston Foods a $2 billion CAD food processing company employing 12,000 people with 40 plants in Canada and the United States. Weston Foods is part of Canada’s 4th largest company George Weston Limited of which Mr. Beatty was a Director until his retirement.
President, Gardiner Group Capital, a family holding company with interests in the oil and gas industry, hotels, and fast foods.
Management consultant in Canada and the USA
Director of the Central Planning Office

and Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister in Papua New Guinea during the transition from colonial status to self government and Independence. First Chairman of the Ok Tedi Development Corporation and an architect of the Government’s mineral taxation strategy.

McKinsey & Co. and Chairman of Canada Consulting Group
Senior Transport Economist and Assistant Editor Second Five Year Plan in the Central Planning Office of the Government of Tanzania

Interests

Honorary Consul General for Papua New Guinea in Canada
Past Chairman Upper Canada College, Toronto
Past Director of the Art Gallery of Ontario & The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Arts

Education

1965-1967 Queens’ College, Cambridge M.A. in economics and ODI-Nuffield Fellowship upon graduation.

1960-1965 Trinity College, Toronto B.A. in Political Science and Economics and Canadian Citizenship Award upon graduation as well as University Honour Award for outstanding contributions to undergraduate life.