Scott’s past experience includes working for almost 10 years at Middletons Moore & Bevins, before spending several years working in investment banking and in a family retail business. He established his own commercial law firm, Neil Scott Lawyers, in 1999.

In addition, Scott has been a director of a number of publically-listed and private companies, is a past chairman of the Australia-New Zealand Business Council, and is a past committee member of the NSW branch of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia.