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FCDO business appointment rules advice, April to June 2026

Updated 24 September 2026
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Full Name of Applicant Title of Former Civil Service Role Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service New Employer New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up) Department's Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
Catriona Laing DG, Strategy and Delivery 31/03/2026 UK Music 01/04/2026 Application approved with conditions • For 24 months following your last working day with the FCDO, you should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself or the organisation to which this advice refers) any privileged information available to you from your time as a Civil Servant; and       • For 24 months following your last working day with the FCDO, you should not become personally involved in lobbying HMG on behalf of your new employers.   Lobbying in this context means that you should not engage in communication with Government (including Ministers, special advisers and officials) with a view to influencing a Government decision or policy in relation to their own interests, or the interests of the organisation by which you are employed, or to whom you are contracted.  The lobbying ban is not seeking to prevent communications with Government which might be described as being in the normal course of business, for example where the Government holds regular stakeholder events with an industry or sector, or where the purpose of any dealings is to take forward an existing Government policy or negotiations
Deborah Jane Bronnert DG, Europe and Irregular Migration 30/04/2026 Member of the Advisory Council at the European Policy Forum (EPF) An Advisory Board Member at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Europe and the UK Group Co-Chair at the Trilateral Commission. 01/05/2026 Application approved with conditions 1. Privileged information – Dame Deborah should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of herself or the persons or organisations to which this advice refers) any privileged information available to her from her time in office. 2. Lobbying – For two years from her last day in office, until 30 April 2028, Dame Deborah should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK Government or its arm’s length bodies on behalf of EPF (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients), RUSI Europe (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients), and Trilateral Commission (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients). She should also not use, directly or indirectly, her contacts in the government and/or civil service to influence policy, secure business/funding or otherwise unfairly advantage the Trilateral Commission (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients) 3. Bids and contracts – For two years from her last day in the civil service, until 30 April 2028, Dame Deborah should not provide advice to EPF (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients), RUSI Europe and Trilateral Commission on a bid or contract relating to the UK Government or its arm’s length bodies.
Diane Corner British Consul General, Jerusalem 30/11/2024 Trustee, Forward Thinking 01/06/2026 Application approved with conditions 1. For 24 months following your last date of employment with the FCDO, you should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself or the organisation to which this advice refers) any privileged information available to you from your time as a Civil Servant; and 2. For 24 months following your last date of employment with the FCDO, you should not become personally involved in lobbying HMG on behalf of your new employers. Lobbying in this context means that you should not engage in communication with Government (including Ministers, special advisers and officials) with a view to influencing a Government decision or policy in relation to their own interests, or the interests of the organisation by which you are employed, or to whom you are contracted. The lobbying ban is not seeking to prevent communications with Government which might be described as being in the normal course of business, for example where the Government holds regular stakeholder events with an industry or sector, or where the purpose of any dealings is to take forward an existing Government policy or negotiations.