Beau was born and grew up in Hobart.

Beau made his First Class debut for Tasmania in 2014 and has since established himself as an important middle order batsman and spin bowling all-rounder in the team. Ahead of the 2017/18 JLT One Day Cup, Beau was announced captain of the CAXI for the tournament and he scored 121 in the first game.

Ahead of BBL7 Beau was traded to the Melbourne Renegades in a move that has helped him become a dominant middle order batsman in the BBL winning the Renegades MVP award in BBL9 finishing the tournament with 425 runs at an average of 42.5, he carried his BBL form into the second half of the Sheffield Shield season hitting his highest First Class score of 187 runs of 187 balls.