Ken Scott

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1973 Austin Mini

Groundhog Day

Surrounded by Idiots

Playing golf, road trips

Jim Orr

Engagement Model Offered

NED; Fractional; Advisory; Interim

Suited to Organisational Types

Start-up; Scale-up; SME; Corporate

Ken is a Board Advisor and Chief Technical Officer with over 35 years of experience leading complex engineering programmes across automotive and electrification.

He has held senior roles at organisations including Fortescue Zero, Tevva Motors, Alexander Dennis and Bentley Motors, working across both scale-up environments and established OEMs.

Ken works with boards and executive teams to stabilise, scale and recover engineering-led businesses, aligning technology strategy, delivery and investment to achieve clear commercial outcomes.

Ken’s Arena

  • Engineering Leadership & Product Creation

  • Automotive & Electric Vehicles

  • Technical Focus: Product Development & Delivery

  • Function Expertise: Business Transformation

Superpowers

  • Supports boards and executive teams to stabilise, scale and recover engineering-led businesses.

  • Brings clarity and disciplined execution to complex programmes, turning uncertainty into structured delivery.

  • Provides board-level support on technology strategy and programme decisions.

  • Drives the scaling of engineering organisations through strong governance and delivery frameworks.

Impact in Action

  • Delivered the first 7.5t battery-electric truck platform from concept to European Type Approval and customer deployment (2021–2023), scaling the team from 30 to 120 engineers.

  • Scaled a global engineering organisation of ~500 engineers at Fortescue (2024 – 2026), establishing operating model, governance and delivery structure.

  • Led the development and launch of multiple hybrid and electric bus platforms at Alexander Dennis (2013 – 2021), aligned to a five-year product roadmap.

Working style

  • Strategic, disciplined and decisive.

  • Provides clear direction and structured execution, delivering complex engineering programmes with confidence and control.

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