Eugene P. Beard, since January 2000, is Chairman & CEO of Westport Asset Fund, Inc. Westport Asset Fund was founded in 1983 by Mr. Beard. It is a Connecticut corporation. Its primary business is investments in public, private and start-up firms worldwide.
Mr. Beard was Vice Chairman – Finance & Operations at The Interpublic Group of Companies. He was also a member of the Board of Directors and was Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board and relinquished those positions in December 1999 when he retired after almost 20 years.
Mr. Beard has been featured in Global Finance’s CFO Superstars, Investors Relations, Treasury Magazine, Forbes, Corporate Finance, Institutional Investor and Business Week. He was also featured on CNBC News and Nightly Business Report.
He was the recipient of an honorary degree of Doctor of Ethics in Business leadership from Duquesne University in May 1998…c ommencement speaker.
He established the Beard Center for Leadership & Ethics in Business at Duquesne University in 1994. He also established the Beard Graduate and Faculty Fellowship Programs for Ethics in the Professions at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 1997 where he is a member of the Advisory Council for Ethics in the Professions.