Mr. Scott was formerly Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Aurora Gold Limited. Prior to this Mr. Scott spent 22 years working with Rio Tinto Limited / CRA Limited, with involvement in joint venture management, finance, acquisitions and divestments, commercial negotiations and project engineering. Mr. Scott qualified as an accountant and spent 13 years working with Coopers & Lybrand in Sydney, Montreal, London and Wollongong before moving into the mining industry.