Patrick Elliott is a founding Partner of Next Capital.

Prior to founding Next Capital, Patrick was an Executive Director of Macquarie Bank having joined the private equity division in 1997 and having led the division with the other Next founders, Sandy Lockhart and John White. Patrick, John and Sandy left Macquarie ate the end of 2004 to establish Next Capital. Before joining Macquarie, Patrick was a Partner with Australia’s leading insolvency and restructuring specialist, Ferrier Hodgson.

Patrick served as Chairman of the Australian Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) in 2004 and was formerly Non Executive Chairman of ASX100 listed retailer JB Hi-Fi. Patrick is a Director of several investee companies, including Alpha Group, Lynch Group and iseek and remains Non-Executive Chairman of Fund II former investee Scottish Pacific.

Academic Qualifications

B.Comm, LLB (UNSW), MBA (Hons) (IMD)