Scott has over 23 years of investment experience, with previously held positions in equity research at Morgan Stanley and UBS in Sydney and at Macquarie Bank in Hong Kong. He was a highly ranked analyst across the more technical sectors of transport, infrastructure and utilities and head of Industrials research at Morgan Stanley. He commenced his career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (formerly PriceWaterhouse), in audit.

More recently, Scott was the Portfolio Manager for the DNR Capital Australian Equities Income Portfolio before transitioning to a non-executive role on the DNR Capital Investment Committee.

Scott has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland and is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand, a CFA charter holder and a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.