Mr. Beard has over 30 years of international finance and business development experience with an emphasis on emerging markets. He joined Interlink, after having served as the COO of Delphos International, a consulting firm specializing in government lending programs he helped build and then sell to Banc One Capital Corporation (now JP Morgan Chase). During his career, he has arranged several billion dollars in government (i.e., U.S., European, Asian, and multilateral) grants, equity, guarantees, and loans for hundreds of companies. Mr. Beard headed merchant banking for Banc One Capital Corporation and served as an official in both ExIm Bank and the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. He sits on the boards of several companies for which he has raised money.
He has also been active in the acquisition and management of the multi-unit residential real estate in the U.S. as a Principal in LRA International. Mr. Beard was an adjunct professor at Georgetown University for undergraduate and graduate international business courses. He has edited and contributed to the writing of more than 20 books and is a frequent speaker on international finance issues. More recently, he has co-authored and edited Trade Finance Handbook, Inside the World’s Export Credit Agencies, Inside the World’s Development Finance Institutions, and Terrorism & Personal Security, all published by a division of Thomson Reuters. Mr. Beard graduated from the University of Utah cum laude and received his MBA from The George Washington University.