Brooks Newmark
| Brooks Newmark | |
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| Minister for Civil Society | |
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In office 15 July 2014 – 27 September 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Nick Hurd |
| Succeeded by | Rob Wilson |
| Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury | |
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In office 6 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Bob Blizzard |
| Succeeded by | David Evennett |
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Member of Parliament for Braintree |
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In office 5 May 2005 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Alan Hurst |
| Succeeded by | James Cleverly |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 May 1958 Westport, Connecticut, United States |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Keegan |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Worcester College, Oxford Harvard Business School |
Brooks Phillip Victor Newmark (born 8 May 1958) was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Braintree between 2005 and 2015.
On 11 October 2014, Newmark announced that he would stand down at the 2015 general election following media intrusion into his personal life.
Newmark was born in Westport, Connecticut, in the United States, on 8 May 1958 to Howard Newmark and Gilda Gourlay (née Rames). He is of Jewish heritage. He moved to the UK aged nine and attended Caldicott Preparatory School and Bedford School and graduated from Harvard College, receiving a BA in History in 1980 and was a member of the Delphic Club. He was a Research Graduate in Politics at Worcester College, Oxford, from 1980 to 1982, and received an MBA in Finance from Harvard Business School in 1984.
Newmark was Vice President in the International Division of Shearson Lehman Brothers from 1984 to 1987, a Managing Director of Newmark Brothers Ltd., a corporate finance advisory company, from 1988 to 1993, and then a director of Stellican Ltd from 1993 to 1998. From 1998 to 2005, Newmark was a senior partner at Apollo Management (UK) LP, an international private equity firm.
He has been a director of Telesis Management Ltd since 2005 and AAA MIP Limited since 2006.
He has registrable share interests in the following firms:
In 2009 Newmark's wealth was estimated at £3.2m.
Newmark contested Newcastle Central in 1997, and Braintree in 2001. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Braintree (in mid Essex) in the 2005 general election over the Labour incumbent, Alan Hurst, and was re-elected in 2010 with a greater majority.
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