Liberty Communications has appointed Scott Beaver as vice president and general manager.

Beaver will work in the recently opened San Francisco office and will be responsible for leading the growth of Liberty US, existing client and new business development, and managing the office.

He was previously a member of the senior leadership team at Bateman Group, where he oversaw new business initiatives and managed communications for early-to-late-stage technology companies including Braintree (acquired by eBay), WeChat (owned by Tencent), Xamarin, and Zenprise (acquired by Citrix). Prior to that, he spent five years at Sard Verbinnen & Co. where he managed crisis, financial and investor communications for companies including Alibaba Group, Elevation Partners, Facebook and SurveyMonkey.