Meet the team
We are Elixirr
Meet our team
Stephen Newton
Stephen founded Elixirr in 2009 with one very clear vision – to build the best consulting firm in the world. After extensive years working in industry, he became fixed on making real change happen in businesses – having experienced first-hand the stagnated approach many large corporate firms took to innovation.
Graham Busby
Graham is a founding member and Deputy CEO at Elixirr. He has played a key role across many parts of the business since its inception. In recent years, Graham has looked after the firm’s inorganic growth strategy. Under Graham’s leadership, the firm has successfully completed eight acquisitions to-date, expanding its capabilities, industry expertise and global footprint. He was appointed Deputy CEO early 2025, previously serving as CFO.
Nick Willcott
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.
Gavin Patterson
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.
Charlotte Stranner
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.
Simon Retter
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.



