BEIS: business appointment rules advice, July to September 2021
Published 27 January 2022
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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.
Dr Graham Turnock
| Full name of applicant | Dr Graham Turnock |
|---|---|
| Title of former civil service role | Chief Executive Officer, UK Space Agency (SCS PB2) |
| Date left / retired from the civil service | 14 September 2021 |
| New employer | European Space Agency |
| New appointment / employment (including when taken up) | Senior Advisor, European Space Agency (15 September 2021) |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | - Graham should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of himself or the persons or organisations to which this advice refers) any privileged information available to him from his time in Crown service. - Graham should continue to review the Business Appointment Rules guidance before accepting any new appointment or employment within the next 2 years to ensure that there is no cause for justified public concern, criticism or misinterpretation. |
Alasdair Grainger
| Full name of applicant | Alasdair Grainger |
|---|---|
| Title of former civil service role | Deputy Director, Corporate Finance Advisory and Investor Relations (SCS PB1) |
| Date left / retired from the civil service | 31 August 2021 |
| New employer | Grant Thornton LLP |
| New appointment / employment (including when taken up) | Director, Infrastructure Advisory (1 September 2021) |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | - Alasdair does not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of themself or the persons or organisations to which this advice refers) any privileged information available to them from their time in Crown service. - For one year from Alasdair’s last day in Crown service, Alasdair should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of Grant Thornton LLP (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients). - Alasdair continues to review the Business Appointment Rules guidance before accepting any new appointment or employment within the next two years to ensure that there is no cause for justified public concern, criticism or misinterpretation. |