HMRC's business appointment rules advice, April to June 2022
Published 29 September 2022
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).
Full name of applicant | Andrew Ray |
Title of former civil service role | DD Taskforce and Specialist Compliance |
Date left the civil service | 18 June 2022 |
New employer | Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) |
New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Tax Disputes Director, 4 July 2022 |
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | HMRC approved this application with the following conditions. The Application has been approved with the condition that: Not provide advice in your new role that draws on the knowledge and understanding gained from your participation in internal HMRC work that is still under development and/or not yet in the public domain; Not attend meetings with HMRC where it relates to any matters which you had prior involvement in; Not become involved in, nor use your internal HMRC network to proactively lobby UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers (you may, however, take part in public consultations on the same basis as anyone else); Ensure you have no involvement on cases involving PWC clients whilst still employed with HMRC; Maintain the confidentiality you signed and agreed to on your appointment to the Senior Civil Service, particularly the Official Secrets Act 1989 and the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 |
Full name of applicant | Cheryl Hartley |
Title of former civil service role | Deputy Director of Service Management |
Date left the civil service | 16 June 2022 |
New employer | Blockdeamon |
New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Service Management Director, 27 June 2022 |
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | HMRC approved this application with the following conditions. The Application has been approved with the condition that, for a period of 2 years from your last day in service, you must: Maintain the confidentiality you signed and agreed to on your appointment to the Senior Civil Service, particularly the Official Secrets Act 1989 and the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005; Not become involved in, nor use your internal HMRC network to proactively lobby UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers (you may, however, take part in public consultations on the same basis as anyone else); Not approach HMRC staff with an offer of employment without a robust recruitment/interview process taking place |
Full name of applicant | Nic Crowe |
Title of former civil service role | Deputy Director, Strategic Customers |
Date left the civil service | 31 July 2022 |
New employer | Grissan Engineering Services Ltd |
New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Director of Development and Government Affairs, 2 August 2022 |
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | HMRC approved this application with the following conditions. The Application has been approved with the condition that for a period of 2 years from your last day in service, you must: Not become involved in, nor use your internal network to proactively lobby UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers (you may, however, take part in public consultations on the same basis as anyone else); Maintain the confidentiality you signed and agreed to on your appointment to the Senior Civil Service, particularly the Official Secrets Act 1989 and the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 |
Full name of applicant | Tim Lai |
Title of former civil service role | Data Transformation Director |
Date left the civil service | 30 April 2022 |
New employer | Smarter Technologies |
New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Independent Consultant, 1 June 2022 |
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | HMRC approved this application with the following conditions. The Application has been approved with the condition that for a period of 2 years from 5 May 2022 you should: Not at any time draw on privileged information gained in office, including use as case examples for clients. Any contact with the government, directly or indirectly must only be where it could not reasonably be perceived as lobbying; Not work or advise on any bids to secure HMRC funding or contracts; Not undertake any activity where it relates to any matters where you had a material role in developing or determining in office, or where you had a relationship with the relevant client during time as Design to Delivery Director and Data Transformation Director; Maintain the confidentiality you signed and agreed to on your appointment to the Senior Civil Service, particularly the Official Secrets Act 1989 and the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005; Return for advice for any other clients you wish to work with within this time frame |
Full name of applicant | Maurice Mattholie |
Title of former civil service role | Director of Enterprise Platform Services |
Date left the civil service | 6 October 2021 |
New employer | Fujitsu |
New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Business Advisor, 1 July 2022 |
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | HMRC approved this application in October to December 2021 with the following conditions: Not take up any post with our Prime Suppliers until July 2022; Not discuss the strategy of TSP but focus away from this area; Not be involved in any procurement or tenders for HMRC; Maintain confidentiality that you signed and agreed to; Not use your network within the department or government to lobby or gain information which could be seen to be advantageous to Fujitsu; Not use your network within the department or government to lobby or gain information which could be seen to be advantageous to Cap Gemini |