Transparency data

DfT: business appointment rules advice – April to June 2023

Updated 21 March 2024

April to June 2023

Rhiannon Padley

Full name of applicant	Rhiannon Padley
Title of former Civil Service role	Special Adviser
Date left the Civil Service	25 October 2022
New employer	Marshall Group
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Head of Global External Affairs, 17 April 2023
Department’s decision on the application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	• you should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself, your prospective employer or their clients, partners or subsidiaries) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown Service • for 12 months from your last day in Crown Service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying government, including the Department for Transport (DfT) (or any of its arms length bodies) on behalf of Marshall Group, their partners or subsidiaries; nor should you make use, directly or indirectly, of your contacts in government and/or Crown service, or contacts developed during Crown Service in other governments or organisations, to influence government policy, or secure business or funding on their behalf. This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with government policy • for 12 months from your last day in Crown Service, you should not provide advice to any company or organisation on the terms of, or with regard to the subject matter of, a bid or contract relating directly to the work of the DfT or its arms length bodies • in addition, you must inform the Permanent Secretary’s office if you wish to undertake any new appointments (whether paid or unpaid) during the 12 months following your last day in Crown service, and we will advise you on whether a further business appointment rules (BAR) application is required. You must do this before accepting any new offer of employment or appointment

Darren Shirley

Full name of applicant	Darren Shirley
Title of former Civil Service role	Director, Head of Acceleration Unit
Date left the Civil Service	12 May 2023
New employer	Arup
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Transformation and Project Acceleration Leader, 5 June 2023
Department’s decision on the application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	• you should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself, your prospective employer or their clients, partners or subsidiaries) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown Service • for 2 years from your last day in Crown Service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the DfT (or any of its arms length bodies) on behalf of Arup, their clients, partners or subsidiaries; nor should you make use, directly or indirectly, of your contacts in government and/or Crown service to influence government policy, or secure business or funding on their behalf. This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with government policy • for 2 years from your last day in Crown Service, you should not provide advice to any company or organisation on the terms of, or with regard to the subject matter of, a bid or contract relating directly to the work of the DfT or its arms length bodies • for 2 years from your last day in Crown Service you should not be directly involved in managing or overseeing contracts with, or having project control responsibility for, work with companies relating to DfT led activity, unless specifically requested and agreed by the DfT for specific activities only. You should also not work on client projects for the DfT for 2 years unless explicit approval has been sought and given by the department