ALASTAIR NEWTON

Alastair Newton is a professional political analyst who has been based in the City of London since 2005. As such, he seeks to anticipate, analyse and explain political and geopolitical events worldwide which may impact on financial markets.  He is a frequent commentator on television and radio and a regular speaker at conferences and other events worldwide.

Prior to his move to the City, Alastair spent 20 years as a career diplomat with the British Diplomatic Service. He served in Sub-Saharan Africa, Paris (at the OECD) and in the United States. In London, he worked in intelligence co-ordination (including during the 1990/91 gulf War), policy planning and economics relations, as well as running the Prime Minister’s G7/8 team from 1998 to 2000. He was on secondment from the Diplomatic Service to the City from 2000 to 2002.  

In addition to his mainstream work, Alastair is President of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies and an active participant in Track 2 discussions aimed at enhancing economic and political stability across the MENA region. He is Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board of African Development Corporation. And he is a member of: the Chatham House Council; the London School of Economics’ Knowledge Transfer Working Group; the British Banking Association’s Trade Policy Advisory Panel; the Liberalisation of Trade in Services (LOTIS) Committee of TheCityUK; and the Practitioners’ Advisory Board of the journal Global Policy.

For further information on Alastair’s political work please contact him at alastair@alastairnewton.com