Elliott Bernerd

Elliott Bernerd (born 23 May 1945) is a British property developer, the co-founder of the property company Chelsfield with Sir Stuart Lipton.

Early life He was born in Maida Vale, London on 23 May 1945, the only child of a film producer father. His parents divorced when he was 7. He was educated at various schools, leaving Davies Tutorial College, Holland Park, at the age of 15. In 1986, he co-founded Chelsfield, which, in 1988, bought Wentworth Golf Club for £17.7 million Bernerd sold 40% of the club to Japanese investors, raising £32 million, in 1989.

In 1993, Chelsfield acquired the Merry Hill Shopping Centre project, putting up £35 million, alongside £120 million from a group of Saudi Arabian investors (from whom Bernerd received a £6 million finder's fee). Chelsfield later bought out the Saudi investors.

According to Institutional Investor, Bernerd was a client of a Jersey-based offshore trust company La Hougue which engaged in tax minimisation through legal as well as illegal loopholes and other avoidance measures.

Personal life He had two adult daughters with his ex-wife, from whom he was divorced sometime before 1992.

In 1993, Bernerd was living in Surrey, with his third wife.