Scott Wilson is a well-respected Aboriginal leader and CEO of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (South Australia) (ADAC) for over 30 years. He is also a Professor in Public Health at the School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University

Scott’s personal and professional experience in substance misuse has made him a valued member of nearly every major governmental and non-governmental committee in Australia for more than 30 years. He has received several awards including the Australian Centenary Medal. Scott was the 2013 recipient of the Sydney University Graduate Medal the “Sister Alison Bush Medal” (Indigenous achievement).

In 2017, Scott was awarded the APSAD (Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs) First Peoples Award ‘for Excellence in Science, Research and Practice”.

His other past leadership roles include being Deputy Chair of both the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee and the Alcohol Education Rehabilitation Foundation (FARE).

Scott was elected the Lead Convener of the South Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation Network (SAACCON) in 2019 and represents not only the specific needs of the SA Aboriginal community, but our NGO organisations at the National level, through the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation of Peaks (Coalition of Peaks), of which he is the Deputy Lead Convenor.

The CoP is made up of 80 Peak Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Organisations from across Australia.

Scott was also appointed Chairperson of the International Indigenous Drug Policy Alliance (IIDPA) in 2024 and was elected to the inaugural SA “Voice” to Parliament in 2024.

In 2025 Scott was awarded a Honary Fellow by the University of Sydney