Scott Phillips

Scott has 30 years of experience in public policy, academic, and business sectors. He has worked with boards, executives, and community groups to understand their needs and facilitate participatory planning, evaluation, and business development. Scott is Director of Kershaw Phillips Consulting, which provides stakeholder engagement, service planning, and evaluation research services to health, social sector, manufacturing, and educational organizations. His expertise includes multicultural and youth policy; social impact assessment; community engagement; integrated community services; and program evaluation.

Scott is an Honorary Fellow of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, and a Delegate to the House of Laity of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia.

His doctorate, from Oxford University, looked at the changing nature of people's local identity and sense of belonging in the context of increasing national and global connections.