Brooks Newmark is a businessman, philanthropist, politician and social reform campaigner.

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Brooks Newmark is a businessman, philanthropist, politician and social reform campaigner. Brooks was the Member of Parliament for Braintree (2005-15). He served in the Coalition Government as Minister for Civil Society, with responsibility for charities, the voluntary sector and youth (2014) having previously served on the Treasury Select Committee (2012-14 and 2006-7) and as a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner HM Treasury (2010-12). In Opposition Brooks also served as a Whip (2007-10).

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Brooks Newmark’s Support for Ukraine’s Defence Capabilities
Brooks Newmark’s Support for Ukraine’s Defence Capabilities

With his charity Angels for Ukraine saving lives across Ukraine, Brooks Newmark expands his work to support Ukraine’s defence capabilities

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“Trypillian secures $5M investment from former UK Minister Brooks Newmark”
“Trypillian secures $5M investment from former UK Minister Brooks Newmark”

Trypillian, a new British-Ukrainian defence tech startup producing deep strike solutions, has received $5 million in funding from a former UK government minister Brooks Newmark, according to a press release obtained by Defender Media.

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BBC: “Ex-MP moving to Ukraine to scale up charity work“
BBC: “Ex-MP moving to Ukraine to scale up charity work“

As Russia’s forces continues to target civilians and vital infrastructure across Ukraine, Brooks Newmark talks to BBC about plans to move to Kyiv to expand humanitarian work of his charity Angels for Ukraine

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Third Year of Russia’s Invasion
Third Year of Russia’s Invasion

The world marks the third anniversary of Russia’s brutal and unjustifiable full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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Yalta European Strategy (YES)
Yalta European Strategy (YES)

Brooks Newmark joins global leaders at Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv to discuss the future of Europe’s security and peace

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Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays from Brooks Newmark and his family!

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“British political establishment divided over its Assad ties after Syrian regime's collapse”
“British political establishment divided over its Assad ties after Syrian regime's collapse”

The National interviews Brooks Newmark about the fate of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria

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On Leadership and Growth
On Leadership and Growth

Brooks Newmark joins Valeriya Hjertenæs on her newly launched podcast Diversity is THE GAME CHANGER to talk about leadership and making a difference.

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Speaking at Yeovil Literary Festival
Speaking at Yeovil Literary Festival

Speaks at the Yeovil Literary Festival, Brooks Newmark recounted his meetings with the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in an attempt to negotiate a peaceful solution as the country was getting consumed by a democratic uprising.

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L'shana tova!
L'shana tova!

Happy New Year greetings from Brooks Newmark and his family!

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Brooks Newmark at Yeovil Literary Festival
Brooks Newmark at Yeovil Literary Festival

Brooks Newmark to discuss his book chapter on Bashar al-Assad at Yeovil Literary Festival 2024

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On Bashar al-Assad
On Bashar al-Assad

Brooks Newmark contributes to The Dictators, the latest book of Iain Dale, the award-winning broadcaster and presenter of the Evening Show on LBC Radio

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Black Sea Security Forum
Black Sea Security Forum

Brooks Newmark joins global leaders and journalists as keynote speaker at Black Sea Security Forum in Ukraine’s Odesa.

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Award for Humanitarian Action
Award for Humanitarian Action

Brooks Newmark awarded with Ukraine’s Medal for Voluntary Valour, for voluntary bravery and significant humanitarian contributions.

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Angels for Ukraine Continue to Save Lives
Angels for Ukraine Continue to Save Lives

Brooks Newmark’s charity Angels for Ukraine continues to expand its humanitarian work across Ukraine, carrying out thousands of medical evacuations and delivering essential aid

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Organisations

Brooks is an angel investor in a number of companies and start-ups including Addition Finance, Get it Rwanda, Native Finance and Nkoda Finance. He is also the Director and on the board of Brooks Newmark & Co Ltd, the Catholic Herald, Mace Magazine, Connaught Brown and Odhin.

Organisations
Addi+ion Finance
Addi+ion Finance

Addition Finance gives small businesses the financial savvy of big ones. From bookkeeping to growth funding - we take your business further, faster.

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Catholic Herald
Catholic Herald

The Catholic Herald is a London-based Roman Catholic monthly newspaper and starting December 2014 a magazine, published in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and, formerly, the United States. It reports a total circulation of about 21,000 copies distributed to Roman Catholic parishes, wholesale outlets, and postal subscribers.

Brooks is on the board as a director.

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Connaught Brown
Connaught Brown

Founded in 1985, Connaught Brown is one of Britain's leading fine art galleries, located just off Piccadilly, in the heart of London' s West End. The gallery specialises in paintings and drawings by the French Impressionists, Post- Impressionists and Modern Masters. It also represents the work of a number of leading Contemporary artists.

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Eel Power
Eel Power

We understand the challenges facing the UK electricity system as it transforms away from centralised thermal generation to distributed renewables. Our background is in solar PV, large scale hydropower and in commercial energy storage co-located at renewable generation sites in the UK. Brooks Newmark is an angel investor in Eel Power

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Mace Magazine
Mace Magazine

Mace Magazine is a new cross-party magazine for a new parliament and a new decade, The Mace examines the Business of Politics via our bi-monthly magazine, our website and our blog, The Chamber. Brooks Newmark is a Board Director at Mace Media

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Get It
Get It

GET IT is the distributor of choice for hotels, restaurants, and offices in East Africa. Based in Kigali, Rwanda. With a fully off grid warehouse, GET IT is the leading distributor of food safe fruits, vegetables, and dry goods—with meat, specialty dairy, fish, and frozen foods available in summer, 2017. GET IT is also a certified distributor of Kimberly Clark products, including Kleenex and Scott brands. Brooks Newmark is an angel investor in Get It

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Native Finance

Native Finance is an award winning technology platform for institutional real estate finance - we're an innovative and customer-focused company, helping to drag the real estate industry into the 21st century. Brooks Newmark is an angel investor in Native Finance

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nkoda
nkoda

nkoda will transform the way musicians around the world learn and make music together. It is the first and only publisher-supported subscription service for digital sheet music. Brooks Newmark is an angel investor in nkoda

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ODHIN
ODHIN

ODHIN, founded and run by an experienced team of ex- Goldman Sachs professionals from key industry players, aims to provide first-class advice akin large competitors but with more attention and individual touch. Brooks Newmark is an angel investor in ODHIN

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Rezolve
Rezolve

The innovators behind Rezolve have been responsible for creating the world’s first online information platform, the world’s first enterprise-class, cloud eCommerce platform and now the world’s first instant mobile engagement platform. Brooks Newmark is an angel investor in Rezolve

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A Partner in Education

Brooks is also passionate about philanthropy and is Co-Founder of A Partner in Education, a charity which works with Rwandan teachers to give children access to schooling and quality, inclusive education.

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Homelessness in the UK

Brooks sits on the Government’s Rough Sleeper’s Advisory Panel, and in 2017 chaired a report on Homelessness in the UK with Crisis and the Centre for Social Justice.

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Political Archive

Political Archive
Brooks: ‘Zelensky is right in his attempts to initiate contact with Putin’
Video, Foreign Affairs
Brooks: ‘Zelensky is right in his attempts to initiate contact with Putin’
Video, Foreign Affairs

In his interview to “Apostrophe”, Brooks Newmark shared his opinion on President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian politics and the situation in the East, the relationships between the UK and Ukraine and the UK and Russia, as well as spoke of the Brexit perspectives for fall 2019.

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Video, Foreign Affairs
Why the Solution for Homelessness Won’t Be a One-Size-Fits-All Fix
Housing and Homelessness
Why the Solution for Homelessness Won’t Be a One-Size-Fits-All Fix
Housing and Homelessness

Brooks Newmark argues in Thrive Global that the solution for homelessness wont be a one size fits all fix

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Housing and Homelessness
Brooks Newmark backs Government on immigration
Immigration
Brooks Newmark backs Government on immigration
Immigration

Speaking in a debate on public concern about immigration levels, Brooks Newmark welcomes immigrants who wish to contribute to our society, but backs the Government’s initiatives to toughen up on those who seek only to take advantage.

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Immigration
‘Until a no-fly zone is enforced in Syria, the slaughter of innocents’..
Foreign Affairs
‘Until a no-fly zone is enforced in Syria, the slaughter of innocents’..
Foreign Affairs

Bashar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin are pursuing a scorched earth policy in Aleppo and trying to bomb the population into submission. Boris Johnson is right to call for an investigation into war crimes following the recent bombing of a humanitarian aid convoy.

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Foreign Affairs
FT: Chill wind blows through Britain’s growing homeless camps
Housing and Homelessness
FT: Chill wind blows through Britain’s growing homeless camps
Housing and Homelessness

We are undoubtedly seeing a development of tent cities,” says Brooks Newmark, a former Conservative MP who has written a report on rough sleeping for the Centre for Social Justice think-tank

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Housing and Homelessness
Brooks Newmark: Hawking myths about the NHS
Health and Mental Health
Brooks Newmark: Hawking myths about the NHS
Health and Mental Health

Science is about evidence. Politics rarely is. As Stephen Hawking observed recently, politicians will sometimes cherry-pick evidence to justify policy. Yet in choosing to politicise his arguments, Professor Hawking falls into the same trap as the very politicians he accuses of being economical with the truth, by peddling several myths about the state and direction of the NHS under the current Government, when the evidence shows quite the opposite.

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Health and Mental Health
Huffington Post: Cutting Through The Hyperbole On Trump’s Executive Order</a>
Immigration
Huffington Post: Cutting Through The Hyperbole On Trump’s Executive Order
Immigration

In the aftermath of President Trump’s Executive Order restricting any form of Immigration from seven targeted mainly Muslim countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen), the fractures that were in America over Trump’s election have gone truly global.

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Immigration
May must grasp this opportunity to end the scourge of homelessness
Housing and Homelessness
May must grasp this opportunity to end the scourge of homelessness
Housing and Homelessness

Homelessness remains a blight on our society. The figures released by the Government recently make for grim reading. In England, rough sleeping on our streets went up 16 per cent over the past year to 4,134. I suspect the figures are much higher in reality.

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Housing and Homelessness
The Private Member’s Bill that could drastically reduce homelessness</a>
Housing and Homelessness
The Private Member’s Bill that could drastically reduce homelessness
Housing and Homelessness

Since leaving Parliament in 2015 I decided to focus on tackling homelessness. To this end I am chairing a working group of sector experts at the Centre for Social Justice. We will produce a report early next year which seeks to provide a set of policy recommendations to better prevent and tackle homelessness.

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Housing and Homelessness
Oxford Union: Right to Strike debate
Video, Economy and Treasury
Oxford Union: Right to Strike debate
Video, Economy and Treasury

Brooks Newmark appears at the Oxford Union, debating the motion ‘This House Would Prioritise Public Safety Over The Right To Strike’

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Video, Economy and Treasury
Brooks Newmark leads debate on Homelessness
Housing and Homelessness
Brooks Newmark leads debate on Homelessness
Housing and Homelessness

Brooks Newmark leads a Parliamentary debate on homelessness and the charity Crisis’s report: “The homelessness monitor”.

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Housing and Homelessness
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