Scott V. Valentine

Dr. Scott Valentine is currently a Director and Senior Circular Economy Specialist at KPMG Australia. He was formerly Professor and Associate Dean of Sustainability and Urban Planning at RMIT in Melbourne and an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean (Research) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore. He has also served as Director of the Environmental Policy Programme at the City University of Hong Kong and founding Associate Director of the International Masters of Public Policy Program at the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo and Director of the Campus Asia program. He serves on the editorial board of the journals Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Sustainability Science and AIMS Energy. He is the author of over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Recent books include "Wind Power Politics and Policy" (OUP) and co-author of "The National Politics of Nuclear Power" (Routledge), Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy (Johns Hopkins) and "Empowering the Great Energy Transition" (Columbia U Press),

Prof. Valentine has over 20 years of diverse international business experience – specializing in business development and organizational change. Past positions include Executive Vice-President of Vektor Multimedia Japan, Managing Director of Asia Pacific Development International, Dean of the British Education College in Tokyo (affiliated with the UK Northern Consortium), and Director of the British Council Training Centre in Taiwan. In academia, he has also worked at the National University of Singapore, National Sun Yat Sen University (Taiwan), National Chengchi University (Taiwan), and Shinawatra University (Thailand). Prof. Valentine’s academic achievements include: PhD Public Policy (NUS), DBA (Cal Southern), MEdTech (UBC), MBA (Adelaide), MSc in Environmental Management (NUS), and MA in Advanced Japanese Studies (Sheffield).