Iraqi-born MP takes part-time role as chief strategy officer and will advise the British oil exploration company on its operations in Kurdistan
A Conservative party MP has taken a job at a British oil company with significant operations in Kurdistan. Nadhim Zahawi, who has been MP for Stratford-on-Avon since 2010, is joining the oil exploration company Gulf Keystone Petroleum as chief strategy officer on a part-time basis.
The company declined to reveal how much he would be paid or the number of hours he would devote to the job, although the MP will have to disclose this information in September when the House of Commons register of members’ interests is updated.
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