Background
Elliot is the son of Simon Elliot, a Dorset landowner, and Sonia Annabel Shand, an interior designer and antiques dealer. His mother is the sister of Camilla Rosemary Shand and the late Mark Shand.
Elliot is the son of Simon Elliot, a Dorset landowner, and Sonia Annabel Shand, an interior designer and antiques dealer. His mother is the sister of Camilla Rosemary Shand and the late Mark Shand.
Elliot was educated at Eton College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Politics and Economics from the University of Bristol.
He has two younger sisters, Alice and Catherine. Elliot is also the chairman of the Quintessentially Foundation. Elliot is a non-executive director of YouGov PLC
He was the executive producer of the award-winning documentary Fire in Babylon.
In 2012, he was involved in the fundraising for The Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He is a regular contributor to the Financial Times, The New York Times, Country Life and Tatler amongst other publications.
He has been a guest on Newsnight on a number of occasions. He was named as one of London"s most influential marketers by the Evening Standard.
Elliot is the co-founder of Quintessentially Group, the luxury lifestyle group with a 24 hour global concierge service, which he started in London in December 2000. Elliot was also the founder of Quintessentially Soho, a private members’ club which raised money for the House of Street Barnabas homelessness charity.
