This is a flawed view based on the premise that elected officials would somehow be incapable of grasping the concept of "having special advisers". You might be

This is a flawed view based on the premise that elected officials would somehow be incapable of grasping the concept of "having special advisers". You might be interested to know that Hong Kong has a system similar to what you're describing. It's not working out to well (hint: one's expertise is useful only in narrow cases, while corporatist self-interest applies all the time).