Transparency data

BEIS: business appointment rules advice, July to September 2018

Published 19 December 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.

Amanda Dickins

Full name of applicant	Amanda Dickins
Title of former Civil Service role	Deputy Director, EU Exit and Migration: Science and Innovation (SCS PB1)
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	31 May 2018
New employer	STEM Learning Ltd
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Head of Business Development and Impact (5 June 2018)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	The application is approved with the following condition: - Ms Dickins should not draw on privileged information available to her from her time in Crown Service.

Glenn Hall

Full name of applicant	Glenn Hall
Title of former Civil Service role	Special Adviser to Greg Clark
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	27 July 2018
New employer	Norton Rose Fulbright
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Partner (27 August 2018)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	The application is approved with the following conditions: - Mr Hall should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown service - for 2 years from his last day of service, Mr Hall should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of his new company or its employers/clients.

Sam Myers

Full name of applicant	Sam Myers
Title of former Civil Service role	Head of Global Economic Issues Department (SCS PB1)
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	9 September 2018
New employer	AstraZeneca
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	UK Science Policy and Relations Associate Director (10 September 2018)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	The application is approved with the following condition: - Mr Myers should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown service.

Guy Newey

Full name of applicant	Guy Newey
Title of former Civil Service role	Specialist Policy Adviser, Deputy Director (SCS PB2)
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	27 July 2018
New employer	Energy Systems Catapult
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Director of Strategy and Performance (28 August 2018)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	The application is approved with the following conditions: - Mr Newey should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown service - for 2 years from his last day of service, Mr Newey should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of his new company or its employers/clients. This does, however, not prohibit Mr Newey from contacting the department as part of his day to day relationships with BEIS.

Robert Varley

Full name of applicant	Robert Varley
Title of former Civil Service role	Chief Executive, Meteorological Office (SCS PB2)
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	1 March 2018
New employer	Independent Consultancy
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Independent consultancy for: - Australian Bureau of Meteorology (16 July 2018) - World Meteorological Organisation (23 July 2018) - University of East Anglia (17 September 2018)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	The application is approved with the following conditions: - for 2 years from his last day of service, Mr Varley must seek confirmation from the department that each individual commission is permissible under the terms of his 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 Mr Varley will be expected to submit a fresh application - Mr Varley should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown service.

David Wilson

Full name of applicant	David Wilson
Title of former Civil Service role	European Programmes and Engagement (SCS PB1)
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	30 September 2018
New employer	Independent Consultancy, currently on project for European Commission
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Consultant (1 October 2018)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	The application is approved with the following condition: - Mr Wilson should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown service.