Michael Scott, 5 Oct 2007

Michael Scott visit to City of Edinburgh Swimming.

New head of British Swimming, Michael Scott, congratulated City of Edinburgh Swimming's Fred Vergnoux on being named UK Coach of the Year for a second consecutive year and met Kirsty Balfour, Gregor Tait, Kris Gilchrist, Alena Popchanka and the rest of the team.

Michael Scott began his role as British Swimming's 'High Perfomance Consultant' on Tuesday. The 51-year-old Australian has been involved in swimming for a large part of his life, has a wealth of experience in high performance sport and most recently was Chief Executive of the Melbourne World Championships.

Vergnoux, who has been in post at City of Edinburgh Swimming for the past three years, credits his award to the team: "Obviously, I'm absolutely thrilled to have received this award once again but it's really testiment to how hard the guys have worked in the pool over the past couple of years. And, of Michael Scott, he adds: "I have great respect for Michael's achievements in swimming and think he's the perfect man to build on the foundations laid down by Bill [Sweetenham]."


Michael Scott Career Biography:

Employment

2005 – 2007
CEO, 2007 World Swimming Championships Corporation

2001 – 2005
Director, Australian Institute of Sport

1997 – 2001
Director, New South Wales Institute of Sport

1994 – 1997
Chief Executive, Department of Recreation Sport

1991 – 1994
Director, Sport & Recreation, Victoria


Associations/Honours

1999 – 2005
Member of the National Elite Sports Council

2000
Sport Industry Australia’s “Sport’s Great Achiever” Award

2000
Australian Sports Medal

2000
Team Manager, 2000 Australian Paralympics Swimming Team

1999
Chairman of the National Elite Sports Council

1999
Sports Federation of New South Wales “Sports Administrator of the Year” Award

1993 – 1994
Board Member, Victorian Institute of Sport