‘He’s a very, very handsome man’: Meet the ex-pop star turning heads in the UK Treasury – POLITICO

LONDON — He’s a former pop star, gay icon and heart-throb who traveled the world with a chart-topping band.

And Neil Amin-Smith, former violinist in Grammy-award winning band Clean Bandit, still has a loyal fan base fawning over his dashing looks, cool demeanor and stylish attire. It's just a slightly nerdier one now, in the corridors of the U.K. government.

His arrival as one of Chancellor Rachel Reeves' most trusted advisers, after swapping strings for spreadsheets, has turned heads in the U.K.'s Treasury.