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DfT: business appointment rules advice – January to March 2024

Updated 28 November 2024

January to March, 2024

Brian Johnson

Full name of applicant	Brian Johnson
Title of former Civil Service role	Chief Executive, Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Date left the Civil Service	14 October 2022
New employer	Nous Group
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Associate Advisor, 10 January 2024
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, Nous Group 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 Department for Transport (or any of its arm’s length bodies) on behalf of Nous Group, 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 2 years from your last day in Crown Service, you should not provide advice to any company or organisation in 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 arm’s length bodies including being named as part of the project team for any bid to be submitted to the DfT during this period, unless specifically requested and agreed by DfT for specific activities only • 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

Graham Stockbridge

Full name of applicant	Graham Stockbridge
Title of former Civil Service role	Deputy Director, Passenger Services
Date left the Civil Service	12 February 2024
New employer	First Group (First Rail Holdings)
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Commercial Development Director, 13 February 2024
Department’s decision on the application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	• should not draw upon (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 Department for Transport (or any of its arm’s length bodies) on behalf of First Group, their clients, 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 2 years from your last day in Crown Service, you should not provide advice to any company or organisation in 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 arm’s length bodies including being named as part of the project team for any bid to be submitted to the DfT during this period, unless specifically requested and agreed by DfT for specific activities only • 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

Katie Black

Full name of applicant	Katie Black
Title of former Civil Service role	Deputy Director, Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
Date left the Civil Service	15 September 2023
New employer	Transdev
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Director of Energy Transformation, 5 February 2024
Department’s decision on the application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	• you should not draw upon (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 Department for Transport (or any of its arm’s length bodies) on behalf of TransDev, their clients, 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 2 years from your last day in Crown Service, you should not provide advice to any company or organisation in 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 arm’s length bodies including being named as part of the project team for any bid to be submitted to the DfT during this period, unless specifically requested and agreed by DfT for specific activities only. This includes any work or bidding activity for DfT funding on the zero emission bus side

Kate Hill

Full name of applicant	Kate Hill
Title of former Civil Service role	Deputy Director, Strategic Finance and Planning
Date left the Civil Service	8 March 2024
New employer	West Sussex County Council
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Deputy Chief Financial Officer/Deputy Section 151 Office, 11 March 2024
Department’s decision on the application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	• you should not draw upon (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 Department for Transport (DfT) (or any of its arm’s length bodies) on behalf of West Sussex County Council. This need not prevent communications with government on matters that are an integral part of the normal course of business for West Sussex County Council