Brooks Newmark is a multifaceted businessman, academic, philanthropist, and social reform campaigner with a distinguished career spanning public service, humanitarian work, and education reform.
Brooks began his professional journey in the financial sector, holding several senior roles, including Senior Partner at leading investment firm, Apollo Global Management. Transitioning into politics, he served as the Member of Parliament for Braintree, Essex, for a decade. During his parliamentary tenure, Brooks was appointed Minister for Civil Society and contributed to numerous initiatives, including co-founding Women2Win, which seeks to increase female representation in the Conservative Party. He also served on the Treasury Select Committee and as a Government Whip.
After leaving Parliament, Brooks redirected his focus toward philanthropy and social reform. Deeply committed to tackling homelessness in the UK, he served on the Government's Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel and chaired a pivotal report on housing solutions for the homeless in collaboration with Crisis UK and the Centre for...Brooks Newmark is a multifaceted businessman, academic, philanthropist, and social reform campaigner with a distinguished career spanning public service, humanitarian work, and education reform.
Brooks began his professional journey in the financial sector, holding several senior roles, including Senior Partner at leading investment firm, Apollo Global Management. Transitioning into politics, he served as the Member of Parliament for Braintree, Essex, for a decade. During his parliamentary tenure, Brooks was appointed Minister for Civil Society and contributed to numerous initiatives, including co-founding Women2Win, which seeks to increase female representation in the Conservative Party. He also served on the Treasury Select Committee and as a Government Whip.
After leaving Parliament, Brooks redirected his focus toward philanthropy and social reform. Deeply committed to tackling homelessness in the UK, he served on the Government's Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel and chaired a pivotal report on housing solutions for the homeless in collaboration with Crisis UK and the Centre for Social Justice. He also co-founded A Partner in Education, a charity dedicated to improving education in Rwanda.
In response to the Ukrainian crisis, Brooks founded Angels for Ukraine, a charity that has evacuated over 35,000 civilians from the war zone and delivered critical aid across the region. For his exceptional contributions, he was honoured with Ukraine’s Medal for Voluntary Valour in 2024.
Currently Brooks is pursuing a DPhil at the University of Oxford, focusing on education reform in Rwanda. He also serves as a Visiting Academic at Oxford's Middle East Centre, where he is writing a book on Bashar al-Assad.
Brooks holds degrees from Harvard College, Harvard Business School, and the University of Oxford. An accomplished author, he writes extensively on foreign affairs and security.READ MOREVIEW LESS
The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and is a unique and historic institution. Brooks Newmark is a Visiting Academic at the university's Middle East Centre where he is writing a book on the former President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad.
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".
UK Member of Parliament and Minister for Civil Society in the Cabinet office
May 2005
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Apr 2015
London, UK
Brooks was a Member of Parliament for Braintree from 2005 until 2015. He was also appointed as Minister for Civil Society in the Coalition Government where he was responsible for work with charities, the voluntary sector and youth. Before this, he served on the Treasury Select Committee and as a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner HM Treasury. Brooks also served as a Whip in Opposition.
Apollo is an industry-leading investment management firm that manages capital for numerous fund investors.
Stellican Ltd.
Director
1993
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1998
London, UK
Stellican Ltd. is a private equity firm based in London that specialises in asset management.
Newmark Brothers Ltd
Managing Director
1988
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1993
London, UK
Newmark Brothers Ltd. is a corporate finance advisory firm based in the UK.
Shearson Lehman Brothers
Vice President in the International Division
1984
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1987
London, UK
Shearson Lehman Brothers was a large investment banking firm in the USA known for its proficiency in mergers and acquisitions and was a subsidiary of American Express.
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.
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.
Angels for Ukraine provides essential support and safe passage for those affected by the conflict, focusing on humanitarian aid and raising awareness about the crisis. The charity is also helping to rebuild Ukraine.
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.
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.
Brooks was interviewed by Балака Игорь of the International Rotary Club in Kharkiv. They discussed his views on the war in Ukraine and why Vladimir Putin must be held accountable for his war crimes.
Brooks Newmark joins University of Oxford Podcast to discuss his humanitarian work in Ukraine, and the significance of the war in Ukraine for the free and democratic world.
Brooks talks to the Silicon Curtain podcast about his work through ‘Angels for Ukraine’, an initiative he co-founded to help move thousands of Ukrainian civilians away from the front lines to safety in Western Ukraine.
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.
Brooks Newmark, the former MP for Braintree, has relocated thousands of Ukrainian women and children to safer areas of the country since the outbreak of the war.
Brooks Newmark, a former MP and Minister of Civil Society, is currently in Poland assisting with refugee relief efforts. He chats with Chamber and TLDR about what he has seen and what the international community has to do.
Newmark shares his opinion on the political climate in the East. He supports President Volodymyr Zelensky in his decision to contact Putin and elaborates on the relationship the UK has with both Ukraine and Russia.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Angel investor Brooks Newmark shares six essential strategies for aspiring angel investors, emphasizing the importance of thorough due diligence, targeting scalable opportunities, and supporting entrepreneurs through multiple funding rounds.
Brooks describes his week in Ukraine and how he never ceases to be astonished by the resilience of the Ukranian people and their determination that civil society must go on.
Brooks' report on homelessness for Centre for Social Justice, underlines the long-term effects of homelessness and points out the growth of ‘tent cities’ and the normalisation of rough sleeping.
During his time as MP for Braintree, Brooks set out to disprove five myths about the NHS in his article titled 'Hawking myths about the NHS' for Conservative Home. He was a Research Associate in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University at the time.
The private member's bill that could drastically reduce homelessness
Author
Oct 2016
London, UK
In this article originally published on the Conservative Party's website, Brooks asks members of the House of Commons to support Bob Blackman’s Homelessness Reduction Bill.
Until a no-fly zone is enforced in Syria, the bloody slaughter of innocents will stretch on and on
Author
Sep 2016
London, UK
In this publication, Brooks requests a no-fly zone to be implemented in Syria, to ensure the civil war sees an end.
In his article for the HuffPost, Brooks explains why the UK is a nation of immigrants. He suggests that immigrants fill a skills gap rather than replace British workers and want to make a contribution to society. An immigrant himself, Brooks moved to the UK when he was 8 years old.
In this report for the Centre of Policy Studies titled 'Simply red: the true state of the public finances', Brooks and Stephen Hammond MP discuss the state of the nation's finances. During this time Brooks was appointed MP for Braintree.
Research Associate Dept of Politics and International Relations Oxford University
May 2015
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Braintree District Community Foundation CIC
President
Nov 2015
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Present
Braintree, UK
The Braintree District Community Foundation CIC focuses on human health and social work issues.
Women2Win is a campaign to increase the number of Conservative women in Parliament and in public life. The movement aims to identify, train and mentor suitable female candidates for office.
