Scott is the Managing Director of the MAA and since joining the trade body in 2001, he has built a dynamic and diverse membership of over 90 agencies from the cutting edge of communications-strategy and creativity. He is a passionate evangelist for the industry and is the driving force behind delivering on the MAA’s brand promise of openness.

He founded the Marketing 4 StartUp Britain initiative in 2011, which saw a week long series of events held in partnership with StartUp Britain, with the aim of demonstrating the role that marketing can play in the economy through start-up businesses. Marketing 4 StartUp Britain has since been fundamental in the growth of a number of small businesses through related initiatives such as the ‘Win a Marketing Agency’ competition.

Scott is an active commentator on the industry and is also a Committee Member on the House of Commons Debating Group, a Council Member for the Advertising Association (the AA) and a Creative Industries Representative for the Confederation of British Industries (CBi).

Scott is also the MD of the annual Best Awards, which sees hundreds of entries competing across 33 categories, in recognition of innovative and cutting-edge marketing ideas from a range of disciplines. The Best Awards is run in partnership with The Guardian.

Prior to absorbing himself in the world of agencies, Scott was the Marketing Manager for Endsleigh Insurance and following that, set up the graduate recruitment division of International recruitment firm Major Players, where he sat on the council of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) and was the Director of education for the Institute of Promotional Marketing (IPM).

He is in a civil partnership with his partner Gavan and is the proud father of a six-year-old boy and seven-year-old girl.