Transparency data

HMRC's business appointment rules advice, October to December 2022

Published 31 March 2023

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	Samantha Brown
Title of former civil service role	Assistant Director
Date left the civil service	9 September 2022
New employer	Deloitte LLP
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Director, Tax & Legal Financial Services, 19 September 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: due to your role as CCM and the detailed knowledge you have of tax affairs, you will be prohibited from undertaking any activity relating to any matters where you have had involvement with Barclays, GE and JP Morgan; due to your role as LB lead on the Code of Practice on Taxation for Banks, you will be restricted from giving advice in relation to the arrangements forming the basis of the code approaches that you opined upon; you should not provide advice in your new role that draws on the policy development knowledge and understanding gained from your participation in internal HMRC work that is still under development and/or not yet in the public domain; where representations to HMRC/HMT regarding consultations around new tax measures occur, you must not be in attendance; you are not to use prior knowledge of ongoing HMRC disputes (or disputes you have dealt with within the last 5 years) to assist in matters relating to tax disputes; not become involved in, nor use your internal HMRC network to proactively lobby UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers; 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	Alice Gunn
Title of former civil service role	Director, Financial Strategy and Performance
Date left the civil service	Seconded
New employer	Newcastle City Council
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Transformation Director, 1 October 2022
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	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 approach HMRC staff with an offer of employment without a robust recruitment/interview process taking place

Full name of applicant	Karl Khan
Title of former civil service role	Chief Operating Officer
Date left the civil service	23 September 2022
New employer	The Financial Ombudsman Service
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Chief Operating Officer, 3 October 2022

Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)

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 draw on any privileged information obtained as a Crown Servant; not approach HMRC staff with an offer of employment without a robust recruitment/interview process taking place

Full name of applicant	Avi Sengupta
Title of former civil service role	Head of SAP Enterprise Services
Date left the civil service	25 November 2022
New employer	Accenture
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Business & Integration – Associate Director
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	The Application has been approved with the condition that for a period of 2 years from your last day in service, you must: not be involved in any procurement or tender bids for HMRC, this also includes providing advice on or delivering any services Accenture may carry out for HMRC in the future; not discuss or share the details of HMRC CDIO’s overall strategy nor the SAP Practice strategy, but you would be able to discuss your broad experience of working in HMRC to provide advice to clients; not discuss any of the commercially sensitive information you have had access to regarding CAP Gemini; 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 draw on any privileged information obtained as a Crown Servant; not become involved in, nor use your internal HMRC network to proactively lobby UK Government Ministers or Crown Servants, including Special Advisers

Full name of applicant	Chris Walker
Title of former civil service role	Deputy Director EU Exit
Date left the civil service	11 November 2022
New employer	The Office of Communications
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Principal –Strategic Operations, 14 November 2022
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	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 he signed and agreed to on his appointment to the Senior Civil Service, particularly the Official Secrets Act 1989 and the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005; not draw on any privileged information obtained as a Crown Servant; not approach HMRC staff with an offer of employment without a robust recruitment/interview process taking place