[1] Simon Hugh Verdon Acland was educated at Eton and Lincoln College, Oxford, graduating in 1979 with an Honours Degree in Modern Languages (French and German).
[10] In 2017 he co-founded Green Angel Ventures, now the reference early stage investor for UK climate innovation [11] and currently acts as Chair.
[16] These are historical novels set in the First Crusade which draw for their material on some of the myths and legends about the Holy Grail, the Assassins, and the Templars.
[19] In October 2010 Nicholas Brealey Publishing published Acland's Angels, Dragons and Vultures : How to tame your investors...and not lose your company, a guide for entrepreneurs to raising finance and managing investors based on his experience of the venture capital world.
[20][21] In 2012 Elliot and Thompson published Elite - The Secret to Exceptional Leadership and Performance, which he wrote jointly with ex-SAS officer Floyd Woodrow.