Claim: After leaving university Covington, a British investment banker who was a founding shareholder and director of New Star Asset Management, held various positions: including government service, offshore oil contracting and commercial and investment banking; then in 1986, he joined UK investment bank SG Warburg as a director.
Evidence: Howard Covington is a British investment banker who was a founding shareholder and director of New Star Asset Management. After leaving university he held various positions: including government service, offshore oil contracting and commercial and investment banking. In 1986 he joined UK investment bank SG Warburg (the investment banking predecessor of UBS), where he became a director.