(Reuters) - Collapsed finance group Greensill Capital paid a salary of more than $1 million a year to former British Prime Minister David Cameron, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Cameron received the salary for his part-time advisory role, which included an attempt to secure government funds for the ailing company, the newspaper said on.ft.com/3e9SvUf. Cameron was contracted to work 25 days a year as an adviser to the board and earned the equivalent of more than $40,000 a day, according to the newspaper. Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.