Open Forum with IB Leadership: Jeff Beard

Session: Open Forum with IB Leadership

Jeffrey Beard is the Director General of the IB. Previous to this post, Mr Beard was the Division President and Chief Operating Officer for one of the major operating divisions of Syngenta AG, a world-leading agribusiness based in Basel, Switzerland. Mr Beard graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1972 with a bachelor of science in analytical management, and has two graduate degrees, including an MBA from the University of Wisconsin. Mr Beard has a great personal interest in education. He served as president and member of the West Des Moines school board in Iowa for five years. His two children graduated with IB diplomas from the Vienna International School in the 1990s.