Gate One operates at a powerful intersection, where business meets digital and deep strategic thinking meets inspired execution, to deliver meaningful and lasting change for our clients. As trusted and independent advisors of some of the world's largest organisations, our consultants build tight partnerships with client teams to co-pilot their reinvention, not take it over.As a Director, I have a unique and exciting remit to expand one of the UK's most innovative businesses into international markets. I am also a member of the Executive Committee, driving new thinking and approaches to the delivery of enterprise change and business transformation to meet complex business and digital needs.

Mermaid Arts Centre is County Wicklow’s creative powerhouse. Since 2002, our building has been a celebratory stage for artists and communities locally and nationally. As a Non-Executive Director and member of the board,, I contribute to the ongoing development of the organisation and championing access to art and creativity for all. This stems from my belief in the power of arts and culture to create connection within communities.

Active Connections, a not-for-profit is Ireland's leading activity-based intervention service and supports 250+ young people and young adults each year. AC support at-risk young people through a process called adventure therapy and is leading the charge of introducing adventure therapy-based programmes in Ireland.As a Non Executive Director, my role is to add value to Active Connections by assessing and challenging the broader direction and performance of the organisation and in identifying risks and opportunities.

I was the Retail and CPG Industries Lead for the Middle East and Africa. I supported my clients across the region to grow and transform their businesses by defining strategies and implementing solutions that transform customer experiences and core operations.

As one of the largest luxury and lifestyle retail portfolio operators in the Middle East, Al Tayer Group (ATG) represents some of the world’s best luxury brands in the fashion, jewelry, home and department store categories.As Head of Retail Transformation I led a portfolio of programmes including Department Store Expansion, introduction and enhancement of Al Tayer's digital channels and new store concepts and offerings. This incorporated new and improved Bloomingdale's and Harvey Nichols stores in Kuwait and Dubai and the development of leading-edge omnichannel concepts for future store expansion.

Al Tayer Group (ATG) introduced more than 80 brands to the Middle East in the areas of automotive and retail. I was recruited at a key step in ATG's history and asked to help them take a strategic and structured approach to digital transformation. At an operational level, I established a portfolio management capability that could identify, assess, test, deploy and operate new technologies and capabilities. My proven methodologies, approaches and ways of working - enriched by my previous consulting career engagements - were deployed across the organization to great effect.

Moorhouse is an award winning programme and project management consultancy, focused on successfully delivering change. Moorhouse works with clients to turn strategy into action, establish a programme and project management culture and provide out of the ordinary delivery.I proudly played a role in the Moorhouse success story with my client delivery excellence being recognised by the Institute of Consulting, who named me their "Consultant of the Year" at the 2012 National Management and Leadership Awards based on my work with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Health. The Moorhouse Director team named Scott as their "Moorhouse Consultant of the Year" in 2011. I jointly prepared the company’s 2012 London Excellence Awards submission, for which we won the "Succeeding Through People" award, recognising the outstanding contribution the employees have made to the company’s growth.In a commercial / business development capacity, I successfully grew the Financial Services practice and the M&A offering onboarding new opportunities and blue-chip clients including Goldman Sachs, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, extending into GSK Pharmaceuticals and British Airways.

I joined Moorhouse from Deloitte excited about joining a consulting practice with a focus on portfolio, programme and project management excellence at its core. Some of my highlights:- Leading the integration of GSK’s business operations across six countries into one regional business as part of a c.£1.5bn global transformation change programme. - Leading development and delivery of a PPM capability development programme that would provide advanced PPM training for the c.1900 most senior programme and project managers within BT’s PPM professional community. - Developed the vision and governance for the UK Government's Smart Metering programme, working with Ofgem and the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) to ensure best practice PPM practices were followed in development and review of all programme outputs.

I was approached to rejoin Deloitte (UK)'s consulting practice to develop a new go-to-market capability, in the domain of IT Due Diligence in support of high profile corporate transactions. Some of the engagements I supported in this time:- Led Day 1 IT stream at Ford Motor Company supporting the global separation and sale of Jaguar-Land Rover. - Led pre-deal IT due diligence of Gatwick Airport Limited on behalf of Global Infrastructure Partners.- Conducted client-based programme assurance and post implementation reviews for a number of solution designs at public and private sector clients. - Completed due diligence of the Transitional Service Agreements and developed a blueprint for the European IT landscape for Kraft Foods business following the acquisition of Danone Biscuits.

With a desire to spend time back in Ireland, I joined Accenture, which had one of the strongest business and technology transformation offerings in the market. During my time at Accenture I acted as:- Deployment Lead at Dell Computers for an Oracle 11i E-Business Suite big-bang implementation across 13 European and African locations. - Programme Manager in the setting up of a PMO programme structure to support the build of a new European Manufacturing Facility (EMF) in Eastern Europe for Dell Computers. - Lead Analyst conducting a strategic review for BT's Operational Integrity (OI) group to understand automated testing tools being used and the future testing requirements.

Having joined Deloitte straight from colleage as a graduate, some of my highlights were:- Business Process Lead mapping the Home and Travel Insurance as-is business processes, policies and procedures for customer sales and services at HBOS. - Project management support for Tower Hamlets eGovernment Performance Improvement programme. Introduced a review process for the development and validation of IT processes needed to support core services delivery to citizens through web and call centre channels.- At two regional councils, supported separate independent reviews of the current business supporting IT landscape and worked with key stakeholders to map out the desired future direction and supporting technology roadmap. - Worked with Pfizer Consumer's IT Group and end users to finalise the business processes for the Electronic Customer Management System (ECMS) solution design that would support sales force effectiveness initiatives.