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| name               = Neil M. Westaway
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| office             = Chairman of the World Scout Committee
| term_start         = 1993
| term_end           = 1996
| predecessor        = Eugene F. Reid
| successor          = Abdourahmane Sow
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'''Neil M. Westaway''', {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} of [[Victoria, Australia]] served as the Chief Commissioner of the [[Scout Association of Australia]], as well as the Chairman of the [[World Scout Committee]] and the Chairman of the Board of Scout Resources International (SCORE), replacing [[Kun-Bae Park]].<ref>World Organization of the Scout Movement – Triennial Report 1996-1999 Page 17</ref>
Westaway began his career as a Cub Scout in Australia. As an adult leader, he became the Victoria State commissioner, the [[16th World Scout Jamboree]] Camp Chief, and is currently a member of the World Scout Foundation.
In October 1999, Westaway was awarded the 281st ''[[Bronze Wolf]]'', the only distinction of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, from King [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden]].<ref name="wolfie">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/List | title = List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award | publisher = WOSM | website=scout.org |access-date=2019-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scout.org/en/content/download/3618/33001/file/bwawards.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219003345/http://www.scout.org/en/content/download/3618/33001/file/bwawards.pdf |archivedate=2012-02-19 }}</ref>
Westaway has worked for the [[Deloitte]] consulting firm.
Westaway was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of Australia]] (AO) in the [[2019 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)|2019 Queen's Birthday Honours]] for "distinguished service to youth through Scouts at the national and international level, and to the community of Victoria".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2004409|title=Neil Malcolm Westaway AM|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|access-date=2019-06-10}}</ref>
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