Scott Crossett graduated with a B.Sc. in Biology from Paisley University, then Paisley College of Technology, in 1982. He joined Strathclyde Police and became a Detective Constable stationed at the old Partick Marine Police Station in Glasgow. He resigned from the police in 1990 to take over his father's farming business. Whilst running his fathers business he went back to college to undertake a post graduate diploma in waste management and the environment at Bell College in Hamilton. He then sold the family farming business and took up an auditors post at MIMTEC/IBM where he quickly became involved in the environmental auditing process.

He decided to set up a small consultancy practice in Largs with his wife Kathleen. They jointly managed the venture successfully as a partnership. He spent time working with local businesses in Ayrshire and was then asked to take up a two year contract with the Scottish Environmental Industries Association as their Development Manager.

The post was a rewarding one and as a consequence of his work there he was asked to join a small family run demolition company, Dalkeith Demolition Limited. There he established a trading division of the company International Waste Management Group and again he and his wife Kathleen managed the satellite entity from offices in Largs, North Ayrshire.

Scott was almost immediately contracted to the UK Governments' Department For International Development in Kosovo where he provided them with much needed waste management expertise in their task of rebuilding Kosovo following the Balkan conflict. Scott was based in the UK military zone on the border with Serbia and was involved in a plethora of projects aimed at improving the waste management situation within the region.

As a consequence of his work in Kosovo Scott was asked by then Trade Minister Richard Caborn from the UK Governments' Trade and Industry Department if he would take up the role of head of the Environment Group on the UK Governments Taskforce to the Balkans, chaired by Sir Nigel Thomson, following on from the Balkan Conflict. The taskforce was largely focused on assessing the post conflict situation in Serbia in preparation for a comprehensive EU rebuilding programme.

Scott came back to the UK on completion of the Taskforce work and left International Waste Management Group in order that he and Kathleen could establish their own company SC Waste Management Limited.

This small family run business has been involved in many waste management projects in the UK and around the world.

Scott received an MBE from the Queen in recognition of the work he had carried out in the Balkans. He was additionally made a Member of the Chartered Institution for Waste Management and a member of the Society for the Environment.

He holds 5 Certificates of Technical Competence in various waste management processes.

In his spare time he is a keen Scottish historian and he was appointed as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries for Scotland as a result of his interest and contribution to matters of Scottish history.