Business appointment rules, April to June 2024
Updated 28 November 2024
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Appointments or employment taken up by former members of the department at SCS1 and SCS2 level – April to June 2024.
Grace Kathryn Hanson-Eden
Title of former Civil Service role
Policy Special Adviser to the Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Date left or retired from the Civil Service
30 May 2024
New employer
AXA UK
New appointment or employment (including when taken up)
Senior manager, taken up on 1 July 2024
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
The applicant must not make use of privileged information, including for the purposes of lobbying, obtained from their role in Defra at any time.
The applicant must abide by the standard business appointment rules for 2 years.
Tim Mordan
Title of former Civil Service role
Deputy Director of Innovation, Productivity and Science, Agri-Food Chain Directorate, Defra
Date left or retired from the Civil Service
28 March 2024
New employer
The UK Agri-Tech Centre (ATC)
New appointment or employment (including when taken up)
Non-executive board member, taken up on 14 May 2024
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
The applicant must not:
- make use of privileged information, including for the purposes of lobbying, obtained from their role in Defra at any time
- disclose any commercially sensitive information or information that is not published and freely available in the public domain, which could result in an advantage for ATC
The applicant must abide by the standard business appointment rules for 2 years.