[9] Elliott has also served as a Trustee of the British Spanish Society and the Chairman of Canning House, an Anglo-Hispanic centre.

[10] In April 2023, Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab resigned after an inquiry into bullying found him to have acted in an "intimidating" and "aggressive" way towards officials.

[11] The Telegraph wrote that Elliott was one of the civil servants involved and that the inquiry had upheld a complaint about an incident where Raab's behaviour was concluded to be "unreasonably and persistently aggressive" and "undermining and humiliating".

[12][13] Raab referenced the incident in his resignation letter;[14] it was reported that Raab had recalled Elliot from Spain in November 2020 after it was suspected Elliott had exceeded Cabinet's mandate in negotiations with the Spanish government over the presence of Spanish officers in Gibraltar.

[12] In March 2024, it was announced that Alex Ellis would be the new ambassador to Spain from summer 2024, with Elliott being transferred to a new post.