Singapore – Scott Beaumont, most recently the president for Asia-Pacific at Google, has announced that he is retiring from the company after being with the company for 16 years. For his role, he also stated that he will pass the role to his colleague Sanjay Gupta, most recently the country head and vice president at Google India.
In a LinkedIn post, Beaumont reflected on how Google is now at the forefront of an exciting new age of technology with AI, and how he had the privilege of invest his time differently in teaching, advising, leading and serving Google.
“It has been the most incredible experience whether in London, Shanghai or Singapore. I have thoroughly enjoyed experiencing so many different cultures, histories, languages and ambitions across both Europe and then Asia. It has been so rewarding to meet, advise, learn from and partner with a huge number of motivated commercial partners and customers, entrepreneurs, governments and NGOs,” he said.
Speaking on passing the leadership role to Gupta, Beaumont commented, “Since our first meeting five years ago, I have seen Sanjay’s drive to think ambitiously about how technology can be a power for good in the development of his home country: India. He now has the opportunity to pursue that same calling more broadly across Asia Pacific. I know Sanjay will do the position, his team and the company enormous credit and I look forward to supporting him in his early months.”
Beaumont first joined Google in 2009 where he first served as its managing director for partnerships in North & Central Europe. In 2013, he was elevated to the role of president at Google Greater China & Korea before getting promoted once again to be Google’s president in APAC in 2019.
Prior to Google, he was the executive vice president of alliances and partnerships at T-Mobile from 2000 to 2004. He then co-founded a tech startup Refresh Mobile and served as its CEO from 2004 to 2009. Outside of his leadership role, he also serves an advisory role for the popular racing team McLaren since 2021.
