Mr Zahawi, who has been MP for Stratford-upon-Avon since 2010, has been made parliamentary under-secretary of state in the DfE. Since July 2015 the MP has worked as an adviser to Gulf Keystone Petroleum, although reports before Christmas said he was expected to step down from the role. Mr Zahawi also founded pollsters YouGov in 2000 from an office in his garden shed.
As a member of David Cameron's policy board he came up with proposals to limit child benefit and child tax credits to families' first two children, which came into force in April 2017. He is married and has three children. Mr Zahawi also acted as an apprenticeships adviser in the Cameron government and as co-chair of the Apprenticeship Delivery Board.
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