Mark Scott Biography
Mark Scott is the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sydney. He is a public servant and a university administrator. From 2006 until 2016, he was the managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Mark Scott Age
Mark was born Mark Walter Scott on 9 October 1962, in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Scott is 61 years old as of October 2023.
Mark Scott Education
Scott has a Bachelor of Arts, a Diploma of Education, a Master of Arts, and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Sydney.
Mark Scott Wife
Scott is married to his wife, Briony Scott, a school principal.
Mark Scott Career
From 2006 until 2016, he was the managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Prior to joining the ABC, Scott was a senior executive at Fairfax Media, where he was in charge of the editorial content of the company’s major newspapers, including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Sun-Herald, and The Sunday Age. Scott was appointed Secretary of the New South Wales Department of Education in June 2016. Scott was named the 27th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney in March 2021, with effect from July 2021. Scott served for the Greiner Liberal government in New South Wales, serving as chief of staff to Education Minister Virginia Chadwick and as a senior adviser to Education Minister Terry Metherell.
He was appointed to a second five-year term as ABC managing director in 2010. His tenure at the ABC was marked by significant transformation, including the launch of ABC Me, a digital TV channel for children, and ABC News, a 24-hour news channel, as well as a significant growth into digital and online technologies and an increase in quality drama. Scott has been an outspoken supporter of the value of social media in journalism, as well as a skeptic of news organizations’ ability to charge for content that was previously offered free of charge. Scott was named secretary of the New South Wales Department of Education in June 2016. He was in charge of almost 2000 schools and around 49,000 instructors in the state.
Scott is the author of On Us, one of Melbourne University Press’s short book series. He suggests that we Marie Kondo our digital life. Scott declared in November 2014, as managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, that the Collinswood ABC television studios in South Australia would close after 55 years. Following the dismantling of the ABC TV facility in Perth in 2011 and the closure of Tasmania’s TV production unit in 2012, the statement also confirmed the end of state-based current affairs show 7.30 Report (state editions) – formerly Stateline.
Mark Scott Awards
Scott was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia on June 13, 2011, for distinguished service to media and communications, as well as to the community through advisory and governance roles with a variety of social justice and educational organizations.
Mark Scott Net Worth
Scott has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.