Salma Shah
Salma Shah was appointed as a special adviser to Sajid Javid, the business secretary. Shah replaced Jo Hindley, who was media adviser to the former culture secretary Maria Miller.[1]
As a special adviser to Javid, Shah is paid an annual salary of £66,000. [2]
Background
With a strong background in the communications industry, Shah was a strong candidate for the role as special adviser. Shah previously worked as a broadcast journalist for the BBC from October 2012 until May 2014. Before this, she managed communications for Business in the Community's Olympic legacy project, for the Freelance PR arc programme. [1] In 2012 Shah was also a researcher for Zeppotron (EndemolUK) and in 2010 was a researcher for Princess productions. Shah first ventured into politics as press officer for the Conservative Party in 2009. [1]
Shah has worked for Javid since May 2014, first in the Department for Culture, Media & Sport and now in his current capacity.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sajid Javid seeks the Wright touch with the media The Guardian, 19.05.2014, accessed 30 September 2014 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Shah" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Special advisers in post, 30 November 2014 GOV.UK, accessed 30 April 2015
