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Tory adviser shunted in to help embattled Mitie
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FAVOURED government outsourcer Mitie has appointed yet another top Tory to its board, just as the firm faces more criticism.
Mitie hired Salma Shah, a former special adviser to Sajid Javid, and put her on the board at the end of March.
Shah has no real experience of “facilities management” — businesses like Mitie — and has never sat on the board of a £2.5 billion turnover company before, but she does have strong connections to the Tory Party.
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