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'''Stewart Newton''' is the chairman of [[Veritas Investment Partners]] Ltd.

He has huge amounts of experience in investment banking and management having founded [[Newton Investment Management]] (now part of [[Mellon Bank]]) and worked as a non-executive director at [[HSBC| HSBC Holdings]] Plc.

==Career==
Newton has worked as a portfolio manager and director at [[Ivory & Sime]] (1968-1977), [[Newton Investment Management]] (1977-2002), a non-executive director of [[HSBC| HSBC Holdings]] Plc (2002-2008) an investment adviser at [[Wellcome Trust]] (2003-2013) and was on the investment board of [[Cambridge University]] (2006-2010).

He is currently the chairman and a director of [[Veritas Investment Partners]] Ltd and [[Veritas Asset Management]] LLP, council member of [[Imperial College]] and chairman of the committee advising the council on the Endowment Fund and a director of The [[Herald Investment Trust]] plc.<ref> Veritas Investment [http://www.veritasinvestment.co.uk/our-team/investment-team/stewart-newton/ Stewart Newton], accessed 25 February 2015 </ref><ref> Bloomberg, [http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=2192519&ticker=HSBA:LN&previousCapId=382645&previousTitle=HSBC%2520HOLDINGS%2520PLC Stewart Worth Newton], accessed 25 February 2015 </ref>

==Political donations==
Recorded by the Electoral Commission:
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1" float="left" align="left" width="100%">
<tr>
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Date</th>
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Name of donor</th>
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Amount</th>
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Donated to</th>
<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Subsidiary (parties only)</th>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center">11/06/2001</td>
<td align="center">S W Newton</td>
<td align="center">£2,000.00</td>
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
<td align="center">Bury St Edmunds</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center">26/05/2004</td>
<td align="center">Stewart W Newton</td>
<td align="center">£50,000.00</td>
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
<td align="center">Central Party</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center"> 22/03/2005</td>
<td align="center">Stewart W Newton</td>
<td align="center">£5,000.00</td>
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
<td align="center">Harlow</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center">22/12/2009</td>
<td align="center">Stewart W Newton</td>
<td align="center">£12,000.00</td>
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
<td align="center">Hove</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center">05/11/2009</td>
<td align="center">Stewart W Newton</td>
<td align="center">£25,000.00</td>
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
<td align="center">Central Party</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center">12/03/2010</td>
<td align="center">Stewart Newton</td>
<td align="center">£5,000.00</td>
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
<td align="center">Brighton Pavillion</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center">02/04/2010</td>
<td align="center">Stewart Newton</td>
<td align="center">£6,000.00</td>
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
<td align="center">Brighton Pavillion</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center">29/10/2013</td>
<td align="center">Stewart Newton</td>
<td align="center">£10,000.00</td>
<td align="center">[[Mike Weatherley]] MP</td>
<td align="center"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center">29/10/2013</td>
<td align="center">Stewart Newton</td>
<td align="center">£10,000.00</td>
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
<td align="center">Hove</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center">08/07/2014</td>
<td align="center">Stewart Newton</td>
<td align="center">£3,000.00</td>
<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
<td align="center">Lewes</td>
</tr>

</table><ref> Electoral Commission, [https://pefonline.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/CommonReturnsSearch.aspx?type=basicDonationSearch Donation Search], accessed 25 February 2015 </ref>

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==Notes==

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[[Category:Conservative Party Donors|Newton, Stewart]][[Category:Bankers|Newton, Stewart]]

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