Scott is an executive director and the chief economist for Australasia at UBS. He was rated the number one economist in the 2005 through 2008 Australian BRW Equities Market Report. Scott heads up the UBS economics team, which in 2006 ranked number one in the Australian BRW Equities, Asia Money and Australian & US Greenwich Institutional surveys. Prior to joining the firm, he spent seven years working for the Reserve Bank of Australia, primarily in the Economic Activity and Forecasting section. Scott holds an honours degree in economics (1990) and a masters of economics degree (1994) from the Australian National University.