Justin Urquhart Stewart

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Justin Urquhart Stewart
Born	January 1955 (age 70) England
Alma mater	University of Southampton
Occupation	Investment manager
Spouses	Francesca ​ (died)​ Virginia Blackburn
Children	1

Justin Alun Urquhart Stewart (born January 1955)[1] is a British investment manager and business commentator[2] who was the co-founder and Head of Corporate Development at the investment fund 7IM. Urquhart Stewart founded Regionally in 2020. He is also known for appearing on British television wearing his trademark red braces.[3]

Early life and education

Urquhart Stewart was born in England but raised in Scotland before returning south to be educated at Bryanston School.[4][5] Urquhart Stewart graduated from the University of Southampton.[6]

Career

Business

The logo used for Seven Investment Management

Prior to working in the investment industry, Urquhart Stewart had worked in a Vineyard in Europe and the Dockyards in Southampton (where he was a shop steward for UCATT (Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians))[7] before studying in Law at the University of Southampton.[8][9] He went onto train as a Barrister with the Council of Legal Education. He left a short career in Law[7] and started his finance career in 1978 with Barclays Bank International in Uganda.[10][7] He eventually moved to Singapore with Barclays in 1980 before returning to the UK in 1983 as Sovereign Lending manager. He left Barclays in 1986 to set up Broker Services which was eventually taken over by Barclays (becoming Barclays Stockbrokers[11][1][7]) and went on to hold various other Director positions with Barclays subsidies.[1] While at Barclays he helped set up the Alternative Investment Market in 1995[12] and assisted with creating ProShare in 1992.[13] In 2000 he left Barclays to co-found Seven Investment management (7IM) with fellow Barclays stockbroker Tom Sheridan.[3][14] In 2016, he helped launch Investors in Community, a charity that is a peer to peer platform to bring business and charity together.[15][16]

In 2020 Urquhart Stewart co-founded Regionally, a bespoke investment facilitator to promote regional growth investments within the UK, targeted at professional investors. The regional investment opportunities have undertaken an enhanced due diligence process guided by well-known regional advisers, along with a range of other member benefits.

Media

Urquhart Stewart started commentating on business matters in the 1980s, however it was not until the 1990s that he became a regular commentator and writer and has been described as a go to guy by many news outlets.[10] He became a regular guest on BBC programmes Working Lunch[17] (where he was on the final show in 2010[18]); Wake Up to Money; Today;[19] The One Show and BBC Breakfast[20] and a regular contributor to the Business News website.[21] He has made regular commentator appearances on ITV News;[22] GMTV;[4] Daybreak[23] and Good Morning Britain.[24] He is also a business commentator for Sky News;[25] CNN;[26] PRI;[27] CBS News;[28] ABC News;[29] Reuters[30] and has discussed Business with Zig and Zag on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast.[4] He had a regular radio show on LBC[10] and has been a regular guest on Talkradio.[31]

He has been a contributor and writer for a number of newspapers and magazines including The Times;[32][33] The Financial Times;[34] FT Adviser;[35] The Independent;[36][37] The Spectator;[38] The Telegraph;[39][40] Bloomberg Businessweek;[41] The Guardian;[42] Wprost;[43] The Observer;[44] Evening Standard;[45] The New York Times,[46] and local press.[47][48]

Personal life

He was married to Francesca, an upholstery teacher until her death in March 2019,[49] and has a daughter, Tiwi.[2][15] His second wife is the journalist and author Virginia Blackburn. He has appeared as an extra in Sharpe.[4] Stewart rides classic motorbikes and drives a Morris Minor Traveller.[15] One of his passions is archaeology.[50] He has been honoured by his former university by the naming of the Justin Urquhart Stewart award, a bursary available to second-year business school students.[51] He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university in 2018.

References

1. "MR JUSTIN ALUN URQUHART STEWART – companycheck.co.uk". Retrieved 8 November 2018.
2. "Play happy families to make a million – The Telegraph Hunter.T p. 3 December 2010". Retrieved 8 November 2018.
3. "Justin Urquhart Stewart's fund giant is sold off in a £100 million deal – Evening Standard p.21 June 2015". Retrieved 8 November 2018.
4. "Heigh-ho sterling – The Biking Banker – The Herald McGinty.S p. 24 February 1996". Retrieved 12 November 2018.
5. Slade, Darren (16 October 2018). "Justin Urquhart-Stewart gives views on Brexit". Bournemouth Echo.
6. "southampton-alumnus-joins-students-for-lunch | Southampton Business School | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
7. "Justin Urquhart Stewart: Gunning for growth – Money Matters Lewis.A p.17 July 2013". Retrieved 9 November 2018.
8. "For good-looking returns, choose form over fashion – The Times p.27 March 2016". The Times. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
9. "Justin Stewart. E – Bloomberg". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
10. "View from The top: Justin Erquart Stewart – PRWeekHill.A p.15 November 2007". Retrieved 8 November 2018.
11. "Justin Erquart Stewart – 7IM". Retrieved 8 November 2018.
12. "Renowned Financial Commentator Justin Urquhart-Stewart On Founding AIM, Getting Shot & Smart Investing – Vox Markets". Retrieved 9 November 2018.
13. "Corporate finance expert is star turn at conference – Walesonline p.31 March 2013". Retrieved 9 November 2018.
14. "Wealth veteran goes to boutique Seven IM – Financial News London Cobley.M p. 15 October 2018". Retrieved 8 November 2018.
15. "On reflection, I'm braced for anything – The Sunday Times Mikhailova.A p.20 November 2016". The Times. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
16. "Investors in Community – Charity Commission". Retrieved 9 November 2018.
17. "A couple of things before you invest.... – BBC Working Lunch p.16 August 2001". Retrieved 12 November 2018.
18. "You ask the shares expert – BBC Working Lunch p.23 July 2010". Retrieved 12 November 2018.
19. "EU faces BAD economic INSTABILITY as Italy struggles to name new PM – The Express Bosotti.A p.14 May 2018". Retrieved 13 November 2018.
20. "Xerox: a copycat scandal? – BBC Breakfast p.29 June 2002". Retrieved 15 November 2018.
21. "Business: The Markets London market report – BBC News Business p.3 December 1998". Retrieved 12 November 2018.
22. "Railtrack Privatisation – ITV News 15 April 1996 (Getty Images)". Retrieved 12 November 2018.
23. "Bank of England wants growth at any cost – ITV 7 March 2013". Retrieved 12 November 2018.
24. "HSBC axes up to 8,000 UK jobs – ITV 9 June 2015". Retrieved 12 November 2018.
25. "The ubiquitous Urquhart Stewart – The Scotsman p.27 February 2000". Retrieved 12 November 2018.
26. "Turning back time = good for business? – CNN Business". Retrieved 12 November 2018.
27. "A Whale Tale: How A JPMorgan London Trader Lost $2bn – PRI p.14 May 2012 host Mullins.L". Retrieved 15 November 2018.
28. "Can Banks Keep the (Relatively) Good Times Rolling? – CBS News Harrison.D p.13 April 2009". CBS News. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
29. "Justin Urquhart Stewart speaks to The Business – ABC News p.21 April 2017". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
30. "China seen scrutinising Qualcomm, Broadcom deal – Reuters p.7 November 2017". Reuters. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
31. "Justin Urquhart Stewart – TalkRadio". Retrieved 15 November 2018.
32. The Times p.24 September 1994
33. "Hedge funds back under spotlight – The Times p.5 March 2006". The Times. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
34. "Justin Urquhart Stewart – The Financial Times". Retrieved 13 November 2018.
35. "Justin Urquhart Stewart – FTAdviser". Retrieved 15 November 2018.
36. "Are you worth more than you think? – The Independent p.8 July 1995". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
37. "How to teach your kids about money – The Independent Hannah.F p.15 June 2017". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
38. "Sell the London Stock Exchange if you must. But not to Frankfurt! – The Spectator Vander Weyer.M p.5 March 2016". Retrieved 13 November 2018.
39. "This was an incredibly idiotic time to hold an election: professional investors react to the general election result' – The Telegraph Evans.R p.9 June 2017". Retrieved 13 November 2018.
40. "Can the stock market go any higher? – The Telegraph Cowie.I p.21 November 2009". Retrieved 13 November 2018.
41. "No Sleep Till Brexit: The City Scrambles to Deal With Quitting the EU – Bloomberg BusinessWeek Robinson.E p.1 November 2018". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
42. "Barclays Eastern Promise – The Guardian p.1 November 2008". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
43. "Irlandia: nie wydrukujemy funtówand – Wprost p.8 December 2011". Retrieved 15 November 2018.
44. "So what are the financial experts giving the children this year? – The Observer p.12 December 1999". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
45. "Black Monday: Have we learnt anything 30 years on? – Evening Standard p.19 October 2017". Retrieved 15 November 2018.
46. "Chinalco to Invest $19.5 Billion in Rio Tinto – New York Times Werdigier.J p.12 February 2009". The New York Times.
47. "Justin Urquhart Stewart: 'Brexit would be a challenge to the UK – The Bournemouth Daily Echo Slade.D p.26 April 2016". Retrieved 13 November 2018.
48. "Justin Urquhart Stewart – The Press and Journal archive". Retrieved 15 November 2018.
49. Justin Urquhart Stewart twitter feed
50. "UK Serious Fraud Office takes advantage of its stay of execution – The Financial Times Jenkins.P p. 23 June 2017". Retrieved 15 November 2018.
51. "Southampton Business School Welcomes Justin Urquhart Stewart – University of Southampton p. 13 May 2018". Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

External links

Justin Urquhart Stewart at IMDb