Philip Beard
Non-Executive Director
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+44 (0)203 885 9209
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Biography

Philip has launched companies around the world, managed and leveraged global brands, and delivered commercial results for companies, shareholders, third party partners and customers. He has been passionately involved in several highly successful UK and International businesses.

Philip was a founding partner of Air Miles in 1988 and developed and launched hugely successful Air Miles companies in the UK, USA, Canada, the Netherlands and Spain.

Subsequent to that, Philip was a director of the successful London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic bid team, and authored the Commercial Programme for the Games. In 2007, he left The London Organising Committee of the
Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to become CEO of The O2, located on the Greenwich peninsula in South East London. There, Philip led the team that turned the Millennium Dome into the most successful music and entertainment venue in the world.

Philip was appointed CEO of Queens Park Rangers FC in 2012 and spent four years managing all aspects of the club on behalf of the owners both on and off the pitch. Since leaving the club, Philip has been advising a variety of companies on business structure, strategy and investment.

Philip is a Non-Executive Director of England Boxing.