Mr Jeremy Newsum DL

Jeremy is Chair of the Evelyn Trust and Chair of the Cambridge Literary Festival.

He was instrumental in the founding of Cambridge Ahead in 2013 and was its inaugural chair. From 2010 to 2023 he was a member of the Investment Committee of Trinity College, Cambridge.

For most of his career, Jeremy was Executive Trustee of the Grosvenor Estate; after retirement in 2017 he has embarked on a second career as an artist.

He is also a director of the Wates Group and a trustee of a number of other charities.

Jeremy was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire in 2014.