BEIS: business appointment rules advice, October to December 2020
Published 10 May 2021
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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.
Alex Weir
| Full name of applicant | Alex Weir |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Deputy Director, Electricity Strategy (SCS PB1) |
| Date left / retired from the Civil Service | 11 September 2020 |
| New employer | Baringa Partners |
| New appointment / employment (including when taken up) | Senior Manager, 12 October 2020 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Dr Weir should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown Service. |
Andrew Paterson
| Full name of applicant | Andrew Paterson |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Deputy Director, Business and Local Growth Analysis (SCS PB1) |
| Date left / retired from the Civil Service | 1 November 2020 |
| New employer | OECD |
| New appointment / employment (including when taken up) | Senior Counsellor, 2 November 2020 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Mr Paterson should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown Service. As Mr Paterson’s role may occasionally require interaction with the UK government in the discharge of his duties, it should only be related to the work of OECD on matters aligned with government policy. |
Mark Copley
| Full name of applicant | Andrew Paterson |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Deputy Director, Climate & Energy Trade and Europe (SCS PB1) |
| Date left / retired from the Civil Service | 24 December 2020 |
| New employer | Consultancy |
| New appointment / employment (including when taken up) | Formed consultancy firm Copley Energy Consulting Ltd. Providing consultancy services to the the European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET) as of 15 January 2021. |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | For two years from his last day of service, Mr Copley must seek confirmation from the Department that each individual consultancy commission is permissible under the terms of his consultancy before taking it up. If, after enquiry, the Department takes the view that a new commission is, or may be, outside the terms of the consultancy he will be expected to submit a fresh application. After leaving BEIS, Mr Copley should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown Service. As Mr Copley’s role is likely to include interaction with ministers and government officials on matters relating to sustainable energy markets as part of developing relationships, it should only be related to the work of EFET on matters aligned with government policy. |