Sajid Javid, the former chancellor of the exchequer, is in talks about a role with an investment firm with close links to SoftBank, the giant Japanese conglomerate.
Sky News has learnt that Mr Javid, who recently announced that he would not stand for re-election in his Bromsgrove seat, has held preliminary talks with Centricus, a London-based group which manages more than $40bn in assets.
Sources said the talks between Mr Javid and Centricus were not certain to result in a job.
If he does join the firm, the former cabinet minister would be reunited with a number of former colleagues from Deutsche Bank, where he worked for nearly a decade.
Mr Javid left the German investment banking powerhouse in July 2009 “to give something back through public service”, according to his LinkedIn profile.
He held several senior ministerial roles, including at the Department of Health, as…
