Sajid Javid

Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP

Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sajid Javid was born in Rochdale and raised in Bristol. After attending a local state school, he went on to read Economics and Politics at Exeter University. Sajid became involved with politics whilst at school, an interest that continued at university.

Before being elected MP, he worked in business and finance. 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.

In 2010, he was elected Member of Parliament for the Midlands town of Bromsgrove. As an MP, he was a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee from June to November 2010.

Javid served as a minister at HM Treasury, both as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from September 2012 to October 2013 and Financial Secretary to the Treasury from October 2013 to April 2014.

He served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from April 2014 to May 2015, and as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from May 2015 – July 2016

Since July 2016, he served as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and the Ministerial Champion for the Midlands Engine