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Brooks Newmark

Academic, Angel Investor, Social Reform Campaigner

University of Oxford

Oxford, UK


Brooks Newmark
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Pictet Asset Management (USA) Corp.

Brooks Newmark’s Biography

Brooks Newmark is an angel investor, philanthropist, academic and campaigner on homelessness.

Brooks served in the House of Commons for over 10 years, as the Member of Parliament for Braintree, and in the Coalition Government as Minister for Civil Society responsible for charities, the voluntary sector and youth. He served on the Treasury Select Committee as a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury. In Opposition, Brooks served as a Whip, during which time, he founded Women2Win, set up to increase the involvement of women in the Conservative party, and the Million Jobs Campaign to increase youth employment.

Newmark is studying for a DPhil at the University of Oxford’s Education Department focusing on Education Reform in Rwanda. He is also a Visiting Academic at the Middle East Centre, and is researching a book on Bashar Assad.

After leaving politics, Brooks pursued his passion for philanthropy and education reform. He is the Co-Founder of A Partner in Education, a charity that works with Rwandan teachers to ensure that children have access to schooling and quality,...
Brooks Newmark is an angel investor, philanthropist, academic and campaigner on homelessness.

Brooks served in the House of Commons for over 10 years, as the Member of Parliament for Braintree, and in the Coalition Government as Minister for Civil Society responsible for charities, the voluntary sector and youth. He served on the Treasury Select Committee as a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury. In Opposition, Brooks served as a Whip, during which time, he founded Women2Win, set up to increase the involvement of women in the Conservative party, and the Million Jobs Campaign to increase youth employment.

Newmark is studying for a DPhil at the University of Oxford’s Education Department focusing on Education Reform in Rwanda. He is also a Visiting Academic at the Middle East Centre, and is researching a book on Bashar Assad.

After leaving politics, Brooks pursued his passion for philanthropy and education reform. He is the Co-Founder of A Partner in Education, a charity that works with Rwandan teachers to ensure that children have access to schooling and quality, inclusive education. Brooks is also committed to ending the plight of homelessness. He is a member of the Government's Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel and a volunteer for Crisis UK. In 2017 Brooks wrote a report at the Centre for Social Justice entitled Housing First: Housing led Solutions to Rough Sleeping and Homelessness.

Brooks is a recognised expert and author of various articles on security and foreign affairs. He currently sits on the Panel of Experts for the International Commission of Missing Persons, which is dedicated to locating people missing due to wars or disasters.

He also sits on the board of directors at Connaught Brown and Brooks Newmark & Co. He holds an MSc in Education from the University of Oxford, a BA in History, Harvard College and an MBA in Finance, Harvard Business School.
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Brooks Newmark’s Newsfeed

Brooks Newmark Initiates Initiative Against Russia’s UN Security Council Presidency

Brooks Newmark started a petition to try and prevent Russia becoming President of the UN Security Council.

Antonians on Ukraine

As an MSc graduate of St Antony's College, University of Oxford, Brooks Newmark was invited to talk about his involvement in the war in Ukraine to The Antonian Newsletter.

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Brooks Newmark’s Background

The University of Oxford
Visiting Academic at the Middle East Centre
Oct 2018 - Present
Oxford, UK
The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and is a unique and historic institution. Brooks is a Visiting Academic at the Middle East Centre, Oxford University, where he is writing a book on the President of Syria, Bashar Assad.
 
The University of Oxford
DPhil Candidate Department of Education Oxford University
Oct 2019 - Present
Oxford, UK
Newmark is a DPhil candidate working on his doctorate on Rwandan Education Policy, titled "The Political Economy of Education Reform: A Systems Approach to Policymaking".
 
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Brooks Newmark’s Gallery

Board Positions

Connaught Brown
Director
2015 - Present
London, UK
Connaught Brown is a leading fine art gallery in London that holds drawings and paintings by the Modern Masters, French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists. The works of leading contemporary artists are also on display in the gallery.
 

Advisory Roles

International Commission on Missing Persons
Panel of Experts
London, UK
The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) is an international organisation that works with governments and institutions to locate missing persons from conflict, disasters, human rights abuses, irregular migration, organised crime and other reasons.
 
UK Government Advisory Panel
Sector Expert
London, UK
Brooks is a member of the Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel that advises the Home Office.
 

Media

In Conversation With ‘Silicon Curtain’
Video Podcast
Aug 2023
Lviv, UA
Brooks Newmark joined a panel discussion on Silicon Curtain, a popular podcast focused on Ukraine and disinformation warfare, to speak about volunteering and helping the Ukrainian people.
 
LBC: Cross Question with Iain Dale
Radio show guest
Jul 2023
London, UK
Brooks Newmark’s latest political policy commentary on LBC.(Brooks Newmark’s contribution begins at 40 minutes into the episode).
 
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Interviews

Former MP helps 21,000 Ukrainian refugees
Interviewee
Jan 2023
Brooks talks to Ben Fryer of the BBC about his 'Angels For Ukraine' movement which has seen him bus thousands of Ukrainians away from the firing line. As of Christmas Day 2022, he has rescued 21,235 people, including more than 2,000 children.
 
Former MP Brooks Newmark on how he's helped over 21,000 flee Ukraine war zones
Interviewee
Jan 2023
Former MP and founder of 'Angels For Ukraine', Brooks Newmark, talks to GB News about how he has helped over 21,000 people flee Ukrainian war zones.
 
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Features

British heroes of Ukraine
Feb 2023
To mark the first anniversary of the conflict, former MP Brooks Newmark talks to Jewish News about how he helped 20,000 people escape the horrors of the war in Ukraine.
 
Saving Lives in Ukraine
Sep 2022
Brooks Newmark, a successful businessman before he entered public service as a Conservative MP, has been astonishingly effective in shepherding Ukrainian women, children, and the elderly out of harm’s way.
 

Publications

'Angels for Ukraine' Part 2
Author
Dec 2023
Brooks Newmark provides an update on his work in Ukraine eighteen months after he first started his campaign to evacuate people from temporary refugee centres to safety. His article starts on page 6 of ‘Order, Order’, the Official Journal of the Association of Former Members of Parliament.
 
Evacuations in Ukraine
Author
Sep 2023
Oxford, UK
Writing in Worcester College's Old Member magazine, Brooks describes his humanitarian journey in Ukraine - from smaller evacuations on the Polish-Ukrainian border, to evacuating over 32,000 people to safety.
 
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Academic Appointments

The University of Oxford
Research Associate Dept of Politics and International Relations Oxford University
May 2015 - Sep 2017
Oxford, UK
During his time as a Research Associate in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University, Brooks conducted research on the International Commission on Missing Persons in Bosnia, as well as Middle Eastern conflict settlement.
 
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Guest Lecturer
Oxford, UK
Saïd Business School at Oxford University is one of the most prestigious business schools in the world.
 

Speaking Engagements

OxPeace Annual Conference: Learning from Ukraine
Speaker
Apr 2023
Oxford, UK
Brooks Newmark was among more than a dozen academic representatives who spoke at The OxPeace Annual Conference of the University of Oxford. The conference's theme was "Learning from Ukraine: origins, impacts, and lessons for peace-building." During the conference, he shared his experiences, realities, and lessons learned from the humanitarian work he has been doing in Ukraine.
 

Charitable Interests

A Partner in Education
Founder and Trustee
London, UK
Brooks is the Co-Founder of A Partner in Education, a non-profit organisation that works with Rwandan teachers to ensure that students have access to quality, inclusive education.
 
Crisis
Volunteer
London, UK
Brooks is a volunteer and supporter of Crisis, a national charity in the UK that is dedicated to helping homeless people rebuild their lives and never return to devastating living conditions.
 

Business Interests

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Brooks Newmark & Co. Ltd
Director
London, UK
Brooks is a Director of Brooks Newmark & Co, an investment vehicle. Brooks is an angel investor who invests in start-ups such as Addition Finance, Get it Rwanda, Native Finance and Nkoda Finance.
 

Community Engagement

Centre for Social Justice
Chair of the CSJ Working Group on Homelessness
London, UK
The Centre for Social Justice works with nearly 400 grassroots charities from the UK’s poorest communities. The CSJ develops solutions to alleviate poverty and social degradation in collaboration with international specialists.
 
Seed EIS
Investor and Supporter
2012 - Present
London, UK
Introduced by HMRC in April 2012, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) was created to support start-ups and small companies in raising funds. These funds are raised by individual investors, to encourage entrepreneurship and private sector job creation.
 
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Brooks Newmark’s Education

University of Oxford
DPhil, Education/Education Policy in Rwanda
2019 - 2021
University of Oxford
MSc, Education/ Comparative and International Education
2017 - 2018
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