Stephen Newton

Stephen Newton 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.

Stephen’s entrepreneurial mindset is apparent throughout the culture of Elixirr. As a leader he believes in empowering people, driving the company with an ownership attitude rather than an ‘employee’ mentality – creating a team that want to build a business, not just work for one – and many of the team have gone on to run their own successful businesses.

His passion for entrepreneurship has spread wide in recent years – Elixirr launched Airtime in September 2019 where Stephen himself flies innovative Founders and CEO’s over the places that mean the most to them, sharing their unique story aiming to inspire and excite the next generation.

Prior to forming Elixirr, Stephen enjoyed 25 years in the fields of transformational change, strategy and sourcing. Over his career, he has advised the Boards of some of the world’s leading companies across multiple industries. Recently he was listed again as a Global Leader in Consulting, recognised for ‘Excellence in Execution’ by Consulting magazine.

To date Elixirr has won over 35 awards, completed nearly 1,000 projects (and counting) and acquired four founder-led firms, supercharging our broad service offering. 2020 marked an incredible chapter in the firm's story, as Elixirr listed with AIM on the London Stock Exchange. Since then, our stock price has grown exponentially.

Stephen's commitment to creating a firm of entrepreneurs also led him to introducing a best-in-market equity participation scheme – available to all employees, from analyst through to partner. Stephen has created a team of owners, driven by one shared goal: to generate value for clients, and as a result, the firm.

The future? Continuing to drive disruption and pioneer innovation in the consulting world and beyond…

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