Scott Valentine is a Professor of Regenerative Planning and Circular Economy at Kyushu University, Senior Circular Economy Advisor at KPGM in Australia, and Chair of the Australian Circular Economy Hub Advisory board. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Brunei Darussalam and an adjunct Professor in the School of Property, Construction and Project Management at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), where he was formerly Professor and Associate Dean of Sustainability and Urban Planning.
As an academic he is author of Wind Power Politics and Policies (Oxford University Press), Life in the Balance (Infinity) and co-author of the National Politics of Nuclear Power (Routledge) and Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy (Johns Hopkins University Press) and Empowering the Great Energy Transition (Columbia University Press). He has also published more than 30 book chapters and journal articles and is on the editorial boards of the journals, Sustainability Science and CSR and Environmental Management.
Scott has over 25 years of diverse international business experience specializing in business development and organizational development. Past positions include Executive Vice-President of Vektor Multimedia in charge of Japanese operations (subsequently Sony-Vektor), 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. As a trainer he worked with the Japan International Cooperation Centre and the LKY School Executive Education program to provide leadership training to civil service officers around the world. He has provided training in leadership, public policy and urban planning to public officials at Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs, Brunei’s Ministry of Defense and the Central Bank, Saudi Arabia’s Central Bank and the G20 Secretariat, Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand’s Ministry of Communications, the Hungarian Central Bank, Dubai’s Public Service, India’s Ministry of Finance and Kazakhstan’s International Finance Center in Astana. He has also trained a number of public officials and diplomats who have come to NUS’s open courses.
Scott also served as Associate Professor and founding Associate Director of the International Master of Public Policy program at the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo. He has also acted in a research or teaching capacity at the City University of Hong Kong, National Sun Yat Sen University (Taiwan), National Chengchi University (Taiwan) and Shinawatra University (Thailand).
EDUCATION:
PhD LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
National University of Singapore
DOCTORATE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
California Southern University
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
University of Adelaide, Singapore Campus
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
National University of Singapore
MASTER OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
University of British Columbia
MASTER OF ARTS IN ADVANCED JAPANESE STUDIES
Sheffield University- United Kingdom
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Asia Pacific International Graduate School of Management / City University
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN TECHNOLOGY-BASED DISTRIBUTED LEARNING
University of British Columbia, Distance Learning
BACHELOR’S DEGREE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Lakehead University- Major in Marketing- Ontario, Canada
NATIONAL DIPLOMA OF MARKETING MANAGEMENT
British Columbia Institute of Technology- Major in Small Business Development – Vancouver, B.C., Canada
ACADEMIC AWARDS:
- 2017-18 Research Excellence Award at the LKY School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
- 2015 Best Paper in Sustainability Science (Honorable Mention)
- 2015-16 Department nominee for University Teaching Excellence Award
- 2012 MPPIP Outstanding Professor Award, University of Tokyo
- PhD Thesis nominated by the LKY school for the Wang Gung Wu Medal (for best PhD thesis in the Social Sciences / Humanities at NUS)
- NUS Graduate Student Scholarship Recipient, 2006-2010
- Ngee An Scholarship Award Winner, 2006
- Graduated Summa Cum Laud in DBA program, 2002
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
Professor of Regenerative Planning and Circular Economy, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (Director of Research Promotion, Asian and Oceanian Studies Institute (04-2021 to pres.)
Professor and Associate Dean of Sustainability and Urban Planning, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Melbourne, Australia (01-2019 to 11-2019)
Adjunct Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT (08-2021 to present)
Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (Assistant Dean (Research) 2017 to pres.)
Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy & the School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong (Environmental Policy Programme Director 2013-15)
Associate Professor and Associate Director of MPP/IP Program, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo, Japan
Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of MPP/IP Program, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo, Japan
Energy Policy Research Fellow, Centre on Asia and Globalisation, LKY School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Assistant Professor, MBA Program, National Sun Yat-Sen University (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Assistant Professor, MBA Program, Shinawatra University, Bangkok, Thailand
VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Senior Circular Economy Advisor, KPMG, Australia
Director & Senior Circular Economy Specialist, KPMG, Australia
Director, Business Development & Founding Partner of Advanced Clean Energy Solutions LLP
Managing Director, TQM Quest / Asia Pacific Development International
Deputy Country Director, British Council, Tunisia
Executive Vice President, Vektor Multimedia, Japan
Director, British Council Training Centre, Taipei, Taiwan
Country Examination Services Manager, The British Council, Japan