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SOLOMON HUGHES highlights the appointment of Salma Shah to the board of the widely criticised ‘facilities management’ company that’s hoping she’ll help it to win more government contracts

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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