Transparency data

BEIS: business appointment rules advice, January to March 2022

Published 14 July 2022

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.

Rita Wadey

Full Name of Applicant Rita Wadey
Title of Former Civil Service Role Deputy Director, Hydrogen Economy

SCS PB1
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service 10 April 2022
New Employer Beyond 2050
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up) Director, Strategy and Innovation
11 May 2022
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) Rita does not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of themselves or the persons or organisations to which this advice refers) any privileged information available to them from their time in Crown service.

For 6 months from Rita’s last day in Crown service, Rita should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of Beyond 2050 (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients); nor make use, directly or indirectly, of contacts in the government and/or Crown service to influence policy, secure business/funding or otherwise unfairly advantage Beyond 2050 (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients).

Rita continues to review the Business Appointment Rules guidance before accepting any new appointment or employment for two years after leaving the Civil Service to ensure that there is no cause for justified public concern, criticism or misinterpretation