Justin Urquhart Stewart

Justin Alun Urquhart Stewart (born January 1955) is a British investment manager and business commentator 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.

Early life and education Urquhart Stewart was born in England but raised in Scotland before returning south to be educated at Bryanston School. Urquhart Stewart graduated from the University of Southampton.

Career

Business

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)) before studying in Law at the University of Southampton. He went onto train as a Barrister with the Council of Legal Education. He left a short career in Law and assisted with creating ProShare in 1992. In 2000 he left Barclays to co-found Seven Investment management (7IM) with fellow Barclays stockbroker Tom Sheridan. In 2016, he helped launch Investors in Community, a charity that is a peer to peer platform to bring business and charity together.

In 2020 Urquhart Stewart co-founded Regionally, a bespoke investment facilitator to promote regional growth investments within the UK, targeted at professional investors.

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. (where he was on the final show in 2010 ); Wake Up to Money; Today; The One Show and BBC Breakfast and a regular contributor to the Business News website. He has made regular commentator appearances on ITV News; GMTV; Daybreak and Good Morning Britain. He is also a business commentator for Sky News; CNN; PRI; CBS News; ABC News; Reuters and has discussed Business with Zig and Zag on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast.

He has been a contributor and writer for a number of newspapers and magazines including The Times; The Financial Times; FT Adviser; The Independent; The Spectator; The Telegraph; Bloomberg Businessweek; The Guardian; Wprost; The Observer; Evening Standard; The New York Times, and local press.

Personal life He was married to Francesca, an upholstery teacher until her death in March 2019, and has a daughter, Tiwi. 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. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university in 2018.