Based in Chicago, Scott joined our Advisory Board in 2019. He serves as our cross-border liaison for corporate and private equity clients.
Scott focuses on corporate board and strategic work with both mature and start-up companies. From 2007–14, he led U.S. M&A for BMO Capital Markets and, in 2012, he expanded his responsibilities to include U.S. Industrial Investment Banking, where he helped drive focus around high-priority client accounts. He was the only executive at the firm to simultaneously run product and industry groups, with more than 50 direct senior executive reports and some US$140 million of annual revenue.
Prior to BMO, Scott spent nearly ten years with Deutsche Bank in its Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York and Chicago, focused primarily on industrial and transportation clients, where he served as a Managing Director. He began his career at BT Wolfensohn, where he focused on mid- and large-cap industrial clients around the world.
Scott currently serves on the boards of National Healthcare Properties (Nasdaq: NHP) and Integrated Rail and Resources Inc. (Nasdaq pending: IRRX), where he chairs the Audit Committee at both, and privately held Manifold Group. In addition to Clariti’s Advisory Board, he also sits on the advisory boards of Bredan Inc. and The Will Group. Prior roles include Lead Director of Heska Corporation (Nasdaq: HSKA) and advisory positions with Investcorp North America, Front & Center LLC, Bottles Waiting, Inc., and Hemolife Medical, Inc. He has devoted himself to leadership and advisory roles in the non-profit sector, including at Nexus Family Healing, Bottom Line Chicago, Lake County Community Foundation, One Hope United, Social Venture Partners Chicago and Ways to Work.
