Tom Singh

London, UK

Founder and Non-Executive Board Member

New Look

Biography

Tom Singh, OBE, is the Founder of New Look, the fashion clothing retailer with over 900 stores worldwide. New Look is one of the UK’s best known fashion retail brands which began back in 1969 with a single store in Taunton.

Tom is a founder member of the Social Investment Task Force, the Chairman of the UK Advisory Council for the British Asian Trust and remains active as a philanthropist and social investor.

Through Rianta Capital, the family office, the Singh Family are focused on the pursuit of a broad range of investment objectives encompassing retail, real estate and private equity.

Tom Singh’s Newsfeed

17 Jul 2018

RangeRoom secures funding from Kamani Capital fund

The Kamani Capital fund is the latest investor in the start-up, which has been trading for just under a year, and joins previous industry backers including New Look’s Tom Singh, and follows RangeRoom securing a number of clients, including some of the UK’s biggest retailers and a number of global manufacturers, such as Boohoo.

24 Jun 2018

City AM

Sportswear brand Castore raises £3.2m from high-profile investors to expand into Asian market

The funds have come from a group of high-profile investors, which includes former Saatchi & Saatchi boss Robert Senior and Arnaud Massenet – the former husband of Net-A-Porter founder Natalie Massanet....Individual investors, including New Look founder Tom Singh, also supported the fundraising separately.

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Tom Singh’s Background

New Look

Founder and Non-Executive Board Member

Jan 1969 - Present

London, UK

Tom founded the New Look chain of women’s fashion stores in 1969 and currently holds the position of Non-Executive Board Member.

Rianta Capital Ltd.

Consultant

London, UK

Rianta Capital Ltd, an investment advisory to the Singh Family Trust, is focused on the pursuit of a broad range of investment objectives encompassing retail, real estate and private equity either directly or through funds.

Other Business Interests

In Conversation With Tom Singh - British Asian Trust

Media

Jan 2017 - Jan 2017

Tom Singh, British Asian Trust supporter, talks about the start and growth of New Look and his approach to philanthropy. Click logo to view video.

The Artha Initiative

Trustee

2006 - Present

Zürich, CH

The Artha Initiative, as part of Rianta Capital, is a program designed to help the poor and marginalised in India to serve themselves and their environment through support of enterprise, social entrepreneurship, and the growth that comes from empowering people.

Social Investment Task Force

Founding Member

London, UK

Announced by Prime Minister David Cameron at the G8 Social Impact Investment Forum in 2013, the aim of the Social Impact Investment Taskforce was to catalyse the development of the social impact investment market.

British Asian Trust

Member of UK Advisory Council

London, UK

Tom Singh was previously Chairman of the British Asian Trust UK Advisory Council from 2015-2018. The British Asian Trust was founded in 2007 by HRH The Prince of Wales to tackle widespread poverty and hardship in South Asia. He engaged with the entrepreneurs of the British Asian diaspora, linking them with social entrepreneurs and grassroots interventions in the region.

The Pakhar Foundation

Founder

London, UK

The Pakhar Foundation is a small organisation in the health and allied services industry located in Sherborne, England.

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Tom Singh’s Education

University of Wales

International Politics and Geography