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George Osborne is set to leave his roles at the _Evening Standard_ newspaper and Blackrock investments to become a full time banker. The former chancellor will join investment bank Robey
Warshaw in April, the firm has announced. Mr Osborne worked first as editor and then editor-in-chief of the _Standard_, the sister publication of _The Independent_, alongside a role as an
adviser to investment management group Blackrock. He is now set to leave both jobs in March to focus on mergers and acquisitions for Robey Warshaw. Mr Osborne became editor of the _Evening
Standard _ in 2017, while still sitting as a backbench MP. Before that, he served in David Cameron’s government as chancellor between 2010 and 2016. Mr Osborne said: “I’ve loved my time at
the_ Evening Standard_. Editing the paper was everything I hoped it would be – and more. The team there are among the most dedicated people I’ve had the pleasure to work with, and it’s the
readers who drive us to produce great news and entertainment. “I am hugely grateful to Evgeny Lebedev for giving me the chance to edit one of the great newspapers at such a dramatic,
news-packed time in our country’s history. I know the _Standard_ has a strong future ahead of it.” Other jobs to have graced his CV during and after his political career include teaching
roles at the University of Manchester and Stanford University, California, positions at think tanks the Northern Powerhouse Partnership and the McCain Institute in the US, after-dinner gigs
with the Washington Speakers Bureau and advisory work for Italian holding company Exor. A spokesman for Robey Warshaw said Mr Osborne would “significantly enhance the advice we give to
clients”. “He brings differentiated experience and expertise to our team from his leading roles in global finance over the past decade,” the spokesman added.