MOD business appointment rules: applications completed from April to June 2020
Published 8 December 2020
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1. Full Name and Rank (where applicable)
Lynn Davidson
Title of former MOD post
Special Adviser
Last day in Service
27/02/2020
New employer
Teneo - Communications and advisory company
New Appointment/Employment
Managing Director
Department’s decision on application
You should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself or your prospective client or employer or their subsidiaries partners or clients) any information available to you from your time in Crown Service which could reasonably be perceived to give them an unfair advantage over competitors;
You should not make use, directly or indirectly, of your Government and/or Crown Service contacts, or contacts developed during Crown Service in other Governments or organisations, to influence policy or secure funding or business on behalf of yourself or your prospective client or employer or their subsidiaries partners or clients for twelve months from your last day in Crown Service. This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with Government policy.
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 MOD or its trading funds for twelve months from your last day in Crown Service
Date appointment taken up
04/05/2020
2. Brigadier Charles Maconochie
Title of former MOD post
HD Mil Digitilisation
Last day in Service
08/05/2020
New Employer
Fujitsu Defence and National Security
New Appointment/Employment
Business Development Executive
Department’s decision on application
Your role as currently envisaged presents a risk of perception of unfair advantage to your new employer through winning business through use of contacts to whom you have privileged access by virtue of your employment at the MOD. To mitigate this risk, you and your employer must re-shape your role so that you are not involved in initiating contact with MOD contacts that were integral to your two most recent Defence roles (Head Military Digitalisation, Strategic Command Head of Customer Service, ISS) on behalf of yourself or your prospective client or employer or their subsidiaries partners or clients regarding pitches for new business for 9 months from your last day in post. This does not preclude your being in contact with your Government and/or Crown Service contacts on matters other than the specified areas, in particular the delivery of existing contracts that Fujitsu holds with Defence, nor on the provision of internal advice to your new employer on business development with the MOD (although you must not be involved in advising on specific bids, see 1.C below)
1.A. You should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself or your prospective client or employer or their subsidiaries partners or clients) any information available to you from your time in Crown Service which could reasonably be perceived to give them an unfair advantage over competitors;
1.B. You should not make use, directly or indirectly, of your Government and/or Crown Service contacts, or contacts developed during Crown Service in other Governments or organisations, to influence policy or secure funding or business on behalf of yourself or your prospective client or employer or their subsidiaries partners or clients for twelve months from your last day in Crown Service. This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with Government policy.
1.C. 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 MOD or its trading funds for twelve months from your last day in Crown Service Lobbying in this context means that the individual should not personally communicate with Government (including Ministers; special advisers and officials) as a representative of their new employer with a view to influencing a Government decision or policy in relation to their interests or the organisation by which they are employed or to whom they are contracted.
Date appointment taken up
08/06/2020