Sajid Javid
Sajid Javid is the Conservative MP for Bromsgrove, first elected in the 2010 UK General Election.
He was appointed economic secretary to HM Treasury in September 2012.[1] He was promoted to financial secretary to the Treasury in the October 2013 government reshuffle, replacing Greg Clark who was appointed as minister of state for cities.[2] He was promoted to the Cabinet as culture secretary in April 2014, following the resignation of Maria Miller.[3]
Banking career
Javid previously worked in business and finance. According to his government biography:
- Aged 25, he became a Vice President at Chase Manhattan Bank. He later moved to Deutsche Bank in London to help build its business in emerging market countries. Sajid left Deutsche Bank as a senior Managing Director in the summer of 2009 to give something back through politics.[4]
Special advisers
- Nick King - was appointed as a policy adviser for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in November 2012. [5]
- Salma Shah -appointed special adviser in July 2014. Prior to this Shah was a broadcast journalist at the BBC for two years. Shah also worked at Freelance PR where she managed communications for Business in the Community's Olympic legacy project. Salma was a researcher at Zeppotron (EndemolUK) from January 2012 – April 2012. Her previous roles include a researcher at Princess productions and the press office for the Conservative Party. [6]
Contact
- Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
- Tel: 020 7219 7027
- Fax: 020 7219 0930
- Email: sajid.javid.mp@parliament.uk
- Twitter: @sajidjavid
- Website: sajidjavid.com
- Constituency: Rear Office, 18 High Street, Bromsgrove, B61 8HQ Tel: 01527 872135
- HM Treasury, 1 Horseguards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Tel: 020 7270 5000
Notes
- ↑ Junior Ministerial reshuffle rolling blog, ConservativeHome, 4 September 2012.
- ↑ Michael Moore axed as Scottish secretary as reshuffle begins, BBC News, 7 October 2013
- ↑ Sajid Javid named culture secretary after Miller exit, BBC News, 9 April 2014.
- ↑ Ministerial role Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Gov.uk, acc 8 October 2013
- ↑ Rajeev Syal Tory party's News Corp links face fresh scrutiny over lobbyist's role The Guardian, 14.11.2012, accessed 2 October 2014
- ↑ Salma Shah LinkedIn profile, accessed 3 October 2014
