Born in
England, Scott moved with her parents to New Zealand briefly and then Botswana, where she spent most of her childhood. She attended high school in
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and subsequently studied
Bioinformatics at the
University of Auckland followed by a
Master of Bioscience Enterprise at the
University of Cambridge. She is an ambassador for the
Access to Medicine Index and a
World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. She was on
Wired's 2012 Smart List of Fifty People Who Will Change The World. She is now CEO of Apolitical, a global platform for policymakers that specialises in government innovation. ==Bibliography==