Transparency data

BEIS: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2017

Published 23 March 2018

Transparency information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

This covers former staff at Senior Civil Service payband 1 (SCS1) and payband 2 (SCS2) levels. It also covers special advisers of equivalent level.

Jeremy Clayton

Full name of applicant	Jeremy Clayton
Title of former Civil Service role	Director, Knowledge and Innovation Strategy and International (SCS PB2)
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	31 March 2016
New employer	Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE)
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Trustee (1 January 2018)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Approval with the following restrictions: Mr Clayton should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown service; and for 2 years from his last day of service, Mr Clayton should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of his new company or its employers/clients.

Nicole Mather

Full name of applicant	Dr Nicole Mather
Title of former Civil Service role	Director, Office for Life Sciences (SCS PB2)
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	31 December 2017
New employer	Dr Mather is returning to Deloitte following a period of secondment to BEIS.
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Director in Deloitte’s healthcare and life sciences strategy consulting team (1 January 2018)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Approval with the following restrictions: Dr Mather should not draw on privileged information available to her from her time in Crown service; and for 2 years from her last day of service, Dr Mather should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of her new company or its employers/clients; and if Dr Mather takes up employment with another organisation within 2 years of the secondment ending, she should inform the department before entering into any firm commitment.

Katherine Courtney

Full name of applicant	Katherine Courtney
Title of former Civil Service role	Chief Executive, UK Space Agency (SCS PB2)
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	30 June 2017
New employer	K Courtney Business Innovation & Strategy
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Independent business advice/mentoring. Member Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership Accountable Bodies Review Group (1 September 2017)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Approval with the following restrictions: for 2 years from Ms Courtney’s last day of service, she must seek confirmation from the department that each individual commission is permissible under the terms of her consultancy before taking it up. If, after enquiry, the department takes the view that a commission is, or may be, outside the terms of the consultancy Ms Courtney will be expected to submit a fresh application; Ms Courtney should not draw on privileged information available to her from her time in Crown service; and for 2 years from her last day of service, Ms Courtney should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of her new company or its employers/clients.

Nicholas Starkey

Full name of applicant	Dr Nicholas Starkey
Title of former Civil Service role	Deputy Director, Impact Team (SCS PB1)
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	3 January 2018
New employer	The Royal Academy of Engineers
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Policy Director (4 January 2018)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Approval with the following restrictions: Dr Starkey should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown service.

Julie McLynchy

Full name of applicant	Julie McLynchy
Title of former Civil Service role	Deputy Director, Corporate Effectiveness Directorate (SCS PB1)
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	31 October 2016
New employer	Which?
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Strategic Policy Partner (6 November 2017)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Approval with the following restrictions: Ms McLynchy should not draw on privileged information available to her from her time in Crown service; and for 2 years from her last day of service, Ms McLynchy should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of her new company or its employers/clients.