Stuart Shilson

Stuart James Shilson LVO GCStJ DL (born 1966) is a British management consultant and courtier, who served as Prior of St John in England (2022–2025).

Assistant Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom from 2001 until 2004, he returned to management consultants McKinsey & Company, becoming a senior partner.

After attending St Paul's School in London, Shilson went up to Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a first class degree in Mathematics and Philosophy (MA).

He then pursued further studies, receiving an MSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Oxford and an MPhil degree in Law and Criminal Justice from the University of Cambridge.

[2] Elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) in 1989 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) in 1996, Shilson was appointed Chairman of Goodenough College in 2020.