Business appointment rules, January to March 2024
Updated 28 November 2024
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Transparency information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the department at SCS1 and SCS2 level and equivalents (including special advisers of equivalent standing) - January to March 2024.
Ian Brown
Title of former Civil Service role
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Director of Scientific Services
Date left or retired from the Civil Service
28 March 2024
New employer
The Pirbright Institute
New appointment or employment (including when taken up)
Avian Virology Group Leader, taken up on 2 April 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 obtained from their role in Defra at any time; and not disclose any commercially sensitive information that is not published and freely available in the public domain - this includes for purposes of lobbying if required during period of restrictions
- recruit or be part of recruitment of APHA staff to the Pirbright Institute for a period of 18 months
- create duplication of activity between APHA and the Pirbright Institute nor undertake activity which would be detrimental to the national or global reference laboratory network within APHA
All professional contact with APHA scientists/departments is through a process agreed with the Director of Science and Transformation.
Edward Winfield
Title of former Civil Service role
Defra, Special adviser to the Secretary of State
Date left or retired from the Civil Service
13 November 2023
New employer
Onward
New appointment or employment (including when taken up)
Policy Fellow, taken up on 27 February 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; and not disclose any commercially sensitive information that is not published and freely available in the public domain.
Alexander John Kay
Title of former Civil Service role
Defra Special Adviser to the Secretary of State
Date left or retired from the Civil Service
13 November 2023
New employer
CONSULUM Bahrain Co.W.L.L.
New appointment or employment (including when taken up)
Associate Director, taken up on 23 April 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; and not disclose any commercially sensitive information that is not published and freely available in the public domain.