Anthony Beattie is a British civil servant. Born in London (April 17, 1944). 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 UK's Department for International Development (DFID). He helped promote the application of New Public Management concepts to the UK public sector in the 1990s, both as head of an executive agency (the Natural Resources Institute) and subsequently as a member of the Efficiency and Effectiveness Unit in the Cabinet Office. From 1997 to 2004, Anthony Beattie was Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to the UN 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 (WFP), chair of the Audit Committee of the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). He continues to chair the Governance Group established by WFPs Executive Board in 1999. He has trained as a coach at Henley Management College and is implementing a coaching programme in WFP.
He is the author of Experience of Commissioning Research and Development in "Science in Government - the Rise of the Intelligent Customer"; and Research Investment Strategies in Selected European Countries: Lessons Learned: the UK in "Investment Strategies for Agriculture and Natural Resources" (1988).
He Lives in Benenden, Kent, with his wife Janet Beattie (b. 1946), an economist; and son Matthew Beattie (b. 1990).