Background
Scott was born in Minehead, Somerset, the son of former British Ambassador, Sir David Scott.
Scott was born in Minehead, Somerset, the son of former British Ambassador, Sir David Scott.
He attended Haileybury and Imperial Service College and Merton College, Oxford where he studied dramatic arts
Scott became a knight in the Order of the British Empire in 1994. Scott became Administrator of the 69 Theatre Company in Manchester in 1968. He later became Administrator of the Royal Exchange Theatre Trust.
As Managing Director of Manchester Theatres Limited he revived two major theatres in the city – the Palace (1981) and Opera House (1984).
In 2008 he was appointed Chairman of the European Commission jury to select the European Capital of Culture. He was Chairman of Trinity Laban (from 2005-2012), Greenwich Theatre and South London Business.
In June 2003, he led Liverpool’s successful Bid to become the European Capital of Culture in 2008, and then was appointed the International Ambassador of the Liverpool Culture Company. In Manchester he is Chairman of the Granada Foundation.
He founded Cornerhouse, Manchester.
He has been a Governor of the Royal Northern College of Music, a Director of the Buxton Festival, the Halle Orchestra and the Whitworth Art Gallery. He has received Honorary Degrees from Manchester University in 1988 and from Salford University in 1991. He was made an Honorary Fellow of Manchester Polytechnic (1987), University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (1988), the Royal Northern College of Music (1990), and received an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Greenwich (2003) and an Honorary Fellowship by Liverpool John Moores University (2003).
He was made a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Greater Manchester in 1990.
On 16 July 2010, Sir Bob received his honorary doctorate in Arts from Leeds Metropolitan University"s Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education.
He was a Board Member of the Central Manchester Development Corporation from 1988 to 1996.
