Alistair retired from full-time employment as a General Marine and Cargo Surveyor at the end of 2018, having been employed by two of the major inspection companies for more than twenty five years and with a family run business in Vancouver for the last twenty years.
Prior to joining E.W. Saybolt in London in 1970, Alistair Beaton was a Petrol Chemist / Corrosion Chemist / Water Treatment Chemist for BP at their Oil Refinery in Scotland.
His expertise has taken him throughout the UK, Europe, Japan, Korea, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean and Canada.