About ESSL
Elliott Strategic Solutions Ltd (ESSL) helps complex, tech-enabled businesses, and the investors who back them, turn strategy into execution and execution into enterprise value. It is built on a simple conviction: advice means little without the experience of having done it.
Leadership
Jonathan Elliott founded ESSL. He was Managing Director and Head of Experis Europe at ManpowerGroup, leading a $1.8Bn P&L across 35 entities in 23 countries, and previously built Tata Consultancy Services' UK consulting business from $5M to $50M. He is based in London and works in English and French.
Every ESSL engagement is led by a senior operator and extended by a curated bench of partner specialists — operators, coaches, go-to-market and diligence specialists — assembled for the work.
Managing Director and Head of Experis Europe
Headhunted to stabilise and scale 35 entities across 23 countries generating $1.8Bn, inherited fragmented after two failed predecessors. Turned a country-led federation with zero cross-border governance into a transaction-ready operating system. Three PE sell-side diligences, plus multiple carve-outs and integrations.
Repositioned major accounts from delivery-led outsourcing to consulting-led transformation at Board and CIO level, scaling consulting revenue under management from $5M to $50M for FTSE-100 and Fortune 500 clients. Built and ran that business — didn't counsel it from the sidelines.
Founded two businesses and helped create two market categories from zero — satellite TV and mobile internet.
If you're carrying a business through scale-up, integration, or exit-readiness — and the leadership team is as much the constraint as the plan — that's the conversation we'd most like to have. The first call is free, and it's with a senior operator, not a sales team.