Board of directors Stephen Newton FOUNDER & CEO Stephen is CEO and Co-Founder of Elixirr and has over 25 years’ experience in transformational change and strategy. Prior to forming Elixirr Stephen was Managing Partner at Accenture and was previously Financial Services Partner at IBM. Stephen is a chartered accountant having qualified at KPMG. Over his career, Stephen has advised boards of some of the world’s leading companies across multiple industries. Recently he has been listed as a Global Leader in Consulting, recognised for ‘Excellence in Influence’ by Consulting magazine. Gavin Patterson NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Gavin joined Elixirr as Chairman in 2019, formerly serving as Chief Executive Officer of BT Group from 2013. During his tenure at BT, he completed the UK rollout of the superfast fibre and started the deployment of ultrafast fibre. He led the £15 billion acquisition of EE, launched BT Sport, expanded BT’s cyber security practice and championed BT’s social purpose agenda. He joined BT in 2004 as Managing Director Consumer and joined the Board as CEO BT Retail in 2008. Prior to BT, he spent four years at Virgin Media and nine years at Procter & Gamble. Most recently, he served as President and Chief Strategy Officer of Salesforce, stepping down in January 2023. Before this his previous Salesforce roles included Chairman of EMEA, as well as Chief Revenue Officer. Gavin is currently a Non-Executive Director at several companies, including the APAX-backed AI firm Fractal, as well as Wix, Octopus Energy, X3T, Maly, Kraken, Beamery, Kahoot! and the Ocado Group. He holds a Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University. Graham Busby FOUNDER & DEPUTY CEO Graham is Deputy CEO and Co-Founder of Elixirr having previously worked for Accenture. Graham was previously Marketing and Sales Director for Elixirr before moving to his role as CFO, which he was appointed as in 2019. Prior to Elixirr, he was a member of the Global Mega-Deal Team at Accenture which was an 8-person team responsible for shaping and selling multi-functional transformational deals worth over $500m to clients in all industries and geographies. Nick Willott CFO & COMPANY SECRETARY Nick joined Elixirr in 2020, the year of the company’s AIM IPO, and served as the Group’s Finance Director and Company Secretary until 2024, before being appointed CFO in January 2025. Prior to joining Elixirr, Nick was the Finance Director and an executive board director of the financial services division at a FTSE 250 company. Nick is a chartered accountant, qualifying at Deloitte and previously working as a Director in M&A Advisory. Charlotte Stranner NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Charlotte was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director in July 2020, having been a consultant to the Company since April 2020. Charlotte is currently the Chief Financial Officer for Dianomi Plc. Charlotte was previously a Partner at AIM-quoted MXC Capital, a technology, media and telecoms investor and adviser. During her time at MXC Capital she was Interim CFO at AIM-listed IDE Group, which is an investee company of MXC Capital. Prior to MXC Capital, Charlotte was a Corporate Finance Director at finnCap Ltd. Charlotte is currently a Non-Executive Director at Eagle Eye Solutions Group plc. She graduated from UCL and is a chartered accountant, qualifying at Moore Stephens. Simon Retter NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Simon joined Elixirr in December 2019 as a Corporate Finance Consultant and was appointed to the Board in July 2020. He’s held many Non-Executive and Commercial CFO roles over the past few years. Entrepreneurial and commercial, Simon’s experience is in setting up and managing both listed and private companies. With more than 15 years of experience working with public companies, particularly AIM-quoted companies, Simon has served as Finance Director for several small-cap companies, assisting in multiple AIM listings. Simon started his career at Deloitte where he qualified as a chartered accountant.
