Mr. Scott Dunn

Scott Dunn is the Chief Strategy Officer for Asia at AECOM (NYSE: ACM), a $13.2 billion global provider of professional design and consulting services. Scott drives strategic growth for Asia and leads strategic initiatives that drive profitable growth for AECOM as a core member of the Asia leadership team. He also leads cross-functional teams in providing integrated services and sustainable solutions for large, complex, and multidisciplinary projects across Asia, including significant municipal and civil infrastructure projects. These projects encompass high-density masterplans for new towns and the regeneration of existing urban landscapes, focusing on sustainable and smart themes. He has been instrumental in building integrated practice groups across all regional business lines. Scott sits on the AECOM global ESG Sustainable Legacies council and is the Committee Chair for Asia responsible for implementing AECOM's ESG's and Digital internal and external commitments. Internal workstreams include risk framework and governance, net zero roadmap, supplier engagement, and social value impact. External workstreams include ESG as a service for clients, key account engagement, and Scope X – embedding decarbonization across all of AECOM's project delivery. Scott is also part of the Urban Land Institute as the Asia Pacific Chairman, Global Board of Directors and Global Governing Trustee. He has been Advisory Board member for the ULI Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance, multiple terms on the Asia Pacific Executive Committee, Chair of the Nominations Committee, and the Singapore Country Council (founding Chairman). He is an advocate of sustainable land development and high-density urban environmental design, believing that to create great places, one should be both sensitive to the environment and responsible for society. His books and papers on urban mobility, sustainability, and livability issues are frequently published with local and international media. As a highly regarded thought leader in the planning community, he actively speaks on land development at conferences and events throughout Asia and North America. For the Urban Land Institute, he has co-authored four publications with the Singapore Center of Liveable Cities – 10 Principles for Liveable High-Density Cities Lessons from Singapore (2012), Creating Healthy Places through Active Mobility (2014), Creating Liveable Cities Through Car-Lite Urban Mobility (2016), and Urban Mobility: 10 Cities Leading the Way in Asia-Pacific (2017).