(George) Douglas Scott (Doug Scott) is Honorary Entrepreneurial Fellow in the Business School of
Durham University, and Managing Director at What You See Is All There Is. He was previously the chief executive officer of Tyneside Economic Development Company (
TEDCO Ltd), Jarrow, Tyne and Wear from 1997 to 2013.
Early life
Born in Gateshead, Scott studied economics at the
University of Durham
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where he gained a BA in 1979.
Career
Scott started as a computer programmer, becoming a business librarian and computer scientist in 1981. In 1987 he became the managing editor of
Headland Press, moving to TEDCO in 1988 where he rose to chief executive in 1997.
In 2010, he was awarded
Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion
The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion is one of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise, and is awarded annually to people who play an outstanding role in promoting the growth of business enterprise and/or entrepreneurial skills in other people. ...
- Lifetime Achievement which is only awarded to a maximum of one person each year.
The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion: Recipients List
'', NIBusinessInfo.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2015. His citation read in part "Doug Scott is CEO of a not-for-profit enterprise agency who has made a significant impact on local enterprise development and youth enterprise in the North East for over 20 years in both a paid and a voluntary capacity."
Scott was also chairman of the
North East Enterprise Agencies, and vice chairman of the
National Federation of Enterprise Agencies
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Scott is on the boards of
Customer First UK,
United Kingdom Business Incubation,
South Tyneside College
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,
Groundwork Trust South Tyneside and Newcastle and
Money Answers South Tyneside.
Scott is a director of the Cavendish Consortium and used to be Chairman of the
National Enterprise Network.
References
Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion (2010)
British businesspeople
Living people
Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion (lifetime achievement)
Alumni of St Cuthbert's Society, Durham
Year of birth missing (living people)
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