{"id":1016,"date":"2025-09-09T19:10:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elixirr.com\/en-us\/?page_id=1016"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:40:05","slug":"board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elixirr.com\/en-us\/investors\/board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":" \n
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\n Founder & CEO <\/p>\n \n

\n Stephen Newton\n <\/h2>\n <\/a>
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Stephen founded Elixirr in 2009 with one very clear vision \u2013 to build the best consulting firm in the world. After extensive years working in industry, he became fixed on making\u00a0real<\/em>\u00a0change happen in businesses \u2013 having experienced first-hand the stagnated approach many large corporate firms took to innovation.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Chairman <\/p>\n \n

\n Gavin Patterson\n <\/h2>\n <\/a>
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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 fiber and started the deployment of ultrafast fiber.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Co-Founder & Deputy CEO <\/p>\n \n

\n Graham Busby\n <\/h2>\n <\/a>
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Graham Busby is Co-Founder and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Elixirr. Since founding the firm in 2009, he has played a pivotal role in scaling the business and shaping its growth strategy. Graham leads Elixirr\u2019s inorganic growth agenda and has overseen eight acquisitions to date, materially expanding the firm\u2019s capabilities, industry reach and global presence. Appointed Deputy CEO in early 2025, Graham previously served as CFO. Before Elixirr, he held senior roles at Accenture across strategy and outsourcing sales, advising large global clients.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n CFO & Company Secretary <\/p>\n \n

\n Nick Willott\n <\/h2>\n <\/a>
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Nick joined\u202fElixirr\u202fin 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\u202fElixirr, Nick was the Finance Director and an executive board director of the financial services division at a \u202fFTSE\u202f250 company.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Non-Executive Corporate Finance <\/p>\n \n

\n Simon Retter\n <\/h2>\n <\/a>
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Simon joined Elixirr in December 2019 as a Corporate Finance Consultant and was appointed to the Board in July 2020.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Non-Executive Director <\/p>\n \n

\n Charlotte Stranner\n <\/h2>\n <\/a>
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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.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Non-Executive Director <\/p>\n \n

\n Bill Michael\n <\/h2>\n <\/a>
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Bill has extensive experience in professional services leadership and board-level governance. He spent nearly 30 years at KPMG, most recently as Chairman and Senior Partner of KPMG UK from 2017 to 2021. Since leaving KPMG, Bill has held a number of strategic advisory roles and has acted as an independent advisor to Elixirr since December 2021. He was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Elixirr International plc in January 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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