Dr Scott Bourke
Director – Innovation & City Transformation, Logan City Council
Dr Scott Bourke is responsible for achieving Logan City Council’s strategic objectives and key organisational goals through building, supporting and leading the very high performing Innovation & City Transformation Team.
Prior to joining LCC, he held the position of Chief Innovation Officer for the Sunshine Coast Council where his responsibility extended to leading the development of the innovation roadmap/strategy and annual action plan, leading the development of a culture of innovation across Council and leading and supporting the development and implementation of various Council ‘game changer’ and corporate projects.
He was a co-founder and COO for an entrepreneurial lifestyle media start-up Beach City Media Group, held a senior executive position at Transport for NSW where he established and led the innovation function and strategy from a ‘greenfields’ state and spent 18+ years in management consulting, corporate finance, investment management and corporate law.
Scott’s areas of professional interest include corporate innovation, entrepreneurship, innovation ecosystem strategy and development, smart cities strategy (in particular mobility), capability development, major / mega project governance, corporate and public governance, decision science and corporate finance.
Dr Bourke holds a Doctorate of Business Administration (Entrepreneurship and Innovation focus – Swinburne AGSE) and Masters of Applied Finance (Macquarie).