Elliott Gauthier

Elliott is an Executive Vice President at Burson and the Americas Lead for Solutions Integration on the Intelligence & Insights team, where he scales and commercializes data-led solutions. He works with market leaders and account teams across the Americas to connect the right insights and performance measurement solutions with clients in those markets. Working with the global innovation team, Elliott also serves as the executive lead of AI workforce transformation for Burson in the Canadian market. At Burson, Elliott leads a team of over one hundred intelligence and insights professionals across the Americas, where he designs and oversees dozens of large-scale assignments each year, consistently delivering robust analysis, strategic insights, and recommendations grounded in credible, reliable, and innovative methods.

Immediately prior to joining Burson in 2013, Elliott was co-founder and COO of a research-technology company that served as the leading research solutions partner for numerous public sector clients and market research firms. Elliott is an active volunteer in his community, serving as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Ottawa Senators Community Foundation and as a member of the Foundation Board of Directors at The Royal, a mental illness treatment, teaching, and research hospital. He is a retired member of the Canadian Armed Forces (Infantry) and was awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration. Elliott is a member in good standing of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and ESOMAR, a global association of public opinion research professionals. He is also a former professor of research in the Public Relations program at the Media Studies School of Algonquin College and was named to the Forty Under 40 in 2016 for outstanding community involvement and business achievement. Elliott attended Heritage College, where he specialized in Business and Commerce.