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

03 Dec 2018

Floom – the global technology platform and marketplace for florists – raises £2m

The £2m investment comes from a venture capital-led funding round by firstminute capital with Henry Lane-Fox as the lead. Firstminute capital’s $100m seed fund is backed by 30 unicorn founders and global strategics. Additional investors include Tom Singh, the founder of New Look, Pembroke VCT, Wing Chan, CTO digital experiences of The Hut Group, and Carlos Morgado, former CTO of Just Eat, who also joins Floom’s board.

23 Nov 2018

Business Cloud

'Skyscanner of venue discovery' gets £1m to expand

Online venue booking platform backed by New Look founder Tom Singh OBE raises £1 million to kickstart its international expansion…Singh added: "We're excited to continue to back the VenueScanner team. They've scaled a unique approach to innovating in the events market, with 18,000 spaces live across 15 UK cities…”

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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