Rebecca White, Responsible Investment Analyst: I really enjoyed working at Newton and the people I was around. I think you get to know people at Newton; you feel like you know everyone when you wander around the office, which is really nice. You can go and get a cup of coffee and recognize other people that are there; you see their faces every day and you can talk to them.

Zamanur Shah, Applications Support Analyst: I was incredibly nervous at first, but what I found very quickly was that everyone in Newton is incredibly friendly. If I change my career path in the future I will always have this experience that I can fall back on.

Rorie Evans, Client Director: So as I was going through my resettlement I heard about the returning military program that BNY Mellon runs, and so applied to it and was fortunate enough to get a position on it. I’m studying for the CFA, which, I have to say, Newton have been very supportive with; they’re paying for me to do it and giving me some time off to do it as well which is great.

Lottie Meggitt, Responsible Investment Analyst: So I started rowing for Cambridge University in the first year of Newton’s sponsorship of the Boat Races, and this was the first year that the women had equal funding. The game completely changed for women. Because of that, because I spent two years of my life, wearing Newton Investment Management on most of my clothes, I felt very positively about Newton because of that. Newton have been very, very supportive when it comes to development and they’re willing to give you the flexibility.

Hanneke Smits, Chief Executive Officer: Making investments on behalf of clients is very, very difficult, and in particular doing it well, and to that extent, it’s very important that we have diversity of thought, and the simplest way to achieve that is through hiring people from diverse backgrounds.