Biography

James Beer served as chief financial officer of Atlassian Corporation Plc, an enterprise software company, from February 2018 to June 2022. From September 2013 to December 2017, Mr. Beer served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of McKesson Corporation, a healthcare services and information technology company. Prior to McKesson Corporation, Mr. Beer served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Symantec Corporation, now known as Gen Digital, a cybersecurity company, where he managed the worldwide finance organization. Prior to his work at Symantec, Mr. Beer served as chief financial officer or AMR Corp. and American Airlines Group Inc., AMR's principal subsidiary. Mr. Beer currently serves on the board of directors of Alaska Air Group, parent company of Alaska Airlines, DocuSign Inc. and Redis Ltd., a privately-held infrastructure software company. Mr. Beer previously served on the board of directors of ForeScout Technologies, Inc., a network security software company. Mr. Beer holds a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College, London University, and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.