Background

Hailing from Scotland, Scott has been in the luxury hospitality space since he was twelve.  He has been blessed throughout his career to have built winning cultures and coached some incredible people and championship winning teams. He brings first-hand experience from the front lines, leading complex businesses through challenging times in tough industries with great success.  

His career has taken him across Europe, the former Soviet Union and in 1998, here to the US during which time he has held many positions covering all major departments.  The first hotel he managed was the InterContinental in NYC in 2000 and he has since had the good fortune to be at the helm of luxury Hotels and Private Clubs in New York City, New Orleans, Washington DC, Charleston, and Kiawah Island. His leadership abilities have been thoroughly tested, leading teams through 9/11 while in New York, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and COVID at the Kiawah Island Club.  Scott has a reputation for strong leadership, generating exceptional financial results and for radically improving operational performance.

His professional passion has now turned to sharing what he has learned to help others emerge successfully in to a post-covid world of shared values, renewed focus and creating a culture of excellence where you and your organization will flourish.  Scott can assist across the full spectrum of services offered on this site, but his "true North" is in team dynamics, it is getting teams focused, energized, motivated and cooperating that Scott has found much of his success.  As a Partner with The Predictive Index, Scott can bring the world leading resource, used by over 9000 companies to you.

Scott has a degree in Hotel Management from Napier University in Edinburgh, an MBA from Henley Business School in London, a Diploma in Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management from Cornell University and is a certified talent optimization consultant with The Predictive Index.

COVID has been tough on everyone. As individuals we have been tested and have struggled to balance uncertainty and dramatic change at work with personal and family pressures we could never have seen coming. Business owners and leaders have faced challenges for which there is no playbook.  Legacy was formed to help businesses get back on track, deal with today's unique challenges and emerge stronger than ever to compete and win.

The luxury hospitality and leisure industry is the best school you can have...its a people business, its a service business, its multicultural, it's 24/7 and its complex.  The skills Scott has gathered are fully transferable, rare to find and can be quickly put to use in your organization.