William Geoffrey Beattie is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 9 different companies and currently is Chairman of Relay Ventures, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Generation Capital Ltd. (Canada), Principal at Generation Ventures (a subsidiary of Generation Capital Ltd. (Canada)), Senior Advisor at Atlas Merchant Capital LLC, Advisor at Asia Partners Fund Management Pte Ltd. and Advisor at General Atlantic LLC. William Geoffrey Beattie is also Chairman of Martin Prosperity Institute and Chairman-Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto and on the board of 12 other companies.

In his past career he held the position of President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at The Woodbridge Co. Ltd., Partner at Torys LLP, Chairman of CTVglobemedia, Inc., Chairman at Bell Media, Inc., Chairman at Apollo Healthcare Corp. and Vice President for Wood Gundy.

He received a graduate degree from the University of Western Ontario.