Decision

Summary of business appointments applications - Ian Trenholm

Published 30 April 2014

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Ian Trenholm left his role as Chief Operating Officer of Defra in June 2013.

1. Chief Executive, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)

Mr Trenholm sought the Committee’s permission to accept a full time, paid appointment as Chief Executive of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT).

The Committee noted that Mr Trenholm’s Department had no relationship with NHSBT and that he has not had access to any information about related policy or commercially sensitive information about competitors. The Committee took into account that the post would involve dealings with Government in general, but noted that whilst at Defra Mr Trenholm has had no official contact with NHSBT or any contractual dealings with NHSBT during his last two years of employment, and was not responsible for anyone who did.

The Prime Minister accepted the Committee’s recommendation that the application be approved subject to the following conditions;

  • Mr Trenholm should not draw on privileged information available to him as a Crown servant; and

  • for two years from his last day of service, Mr Trenholm should not become personally involved in lobbying UK Government on behalf of his new employer or its clients except for the purposes of carrying out his role as Chief Executive of NHS Blood and Transplant

The letter containing the final decision was sent in June 2014 and he took up the new role in July 2014.

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