Scott Wharton

Bachelor of Laws, 2009

Scott is the Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Smartgroup, an ASX 200 company offering salary packaging and novated leasing, whose client base employs more than 1.5 million Australians. Scott joined Smartgroup in July 2023 and has more than 20 years’ experience in financial services and regulated industries, with a strong track record leading and transforming organisations.

Scott has held executive positions in a number of organisations including as a Group Executive with Commonwealth Bank, and as a Managing Director with Citigroup in Hong Kong and New York.

Scott is a Fellow and Adjunct Professor (Industry) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and a member of the Vice Chancellor’s Industry Advisory Board, is a Board Director of Supply Nation and an Ambassador of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation. Scott holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Sydney, a Bachelor of Laws from UTS, an Executive MBA from INSEAD and an Executive MBA from Tsinghua University.

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