Transparency data

BIS: business appointment rules advice

Updated 9 November 2016

Transparency information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the department at SCS1 and SCS2 level and equivalents (including special advisers of equivalent standing).

BIS was replaced by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in July 2016.

January to June 2016

Janice Munday

Full name of applicant	Janice Munday
Title of former Civil Service role	Director, Advanced Manufacturing and Services
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	30 April 2016
New employer	Virtual Technology Cluster
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Non-Executive Director (27 June 2016)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Approved - The department have approved the above appointment with the following restrictions: Janice should not draw on privileged information available to her from her time in Crown service; and for 2 years from her last day of service, Janice should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of her new company or its employers/clients.

Jeremy Clayton

Full name of applicant	Jeremy Clayton
Title of former Civil Service role	Director, Knowledge and Innovation Strategy and International
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	31 March 2016
New employer	University of East Anglia
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Member of Council (1 August 2016)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	The department approved the above appointment unconditionally.

Elizabeth Surkovic

Full name of applicant	Elizabeth Surkovic
Title of former Civil Service role	Deputy Director, Growth and Security
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	15 July 2016
New employer	Royal Society
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Head of Science Policy (date not provided)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Approved - The department have approved the above appointment with the following restrictions: Elizabeth should not draw on privileged information available to her from her time in Crown service; and for 2 years from her last day of service, Elizabeth should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of her new company or its employers/clients.

Simon Chisholm

Full name of applicant	Simon Chisholm
Title of former Civil Service role	Deputy Director, Consumer and Competition Policy
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	11 November 2015
New employer	Charles River Associates (CRA)
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Economic consultant (date not provided)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Approved - The department have approved the above appointment subject to the conditions that: Simon should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown Service; and for 1 year from his last day of service, Simon should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of his new company or its employers/clients.

Paul McGuire

Full name of applicant	Paul McGuire
Title of former Civil Service role	Chief Operating (and Financial) Officer, Skills Funding Agency
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	30 November 2015
New employer	JTL Training
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Finance and Professional Services Director (April 2016)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Approved - The department have approved the above appointment subject to the conditions that: Paul should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown Service; and for 2 years from his last day of service, he should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of his new company or its employers/clients.

David Huw Parker

Full name of applicant	David Huw Parker
Title of former Civil Service role	Chief Executive, UK Space Agency
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	31 March 2016
New employer	European Space Agency
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Director of Human Space Flight and Robotic Exploration (April 2016)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Approved - The department approved the application unconditionally.

Claire Craig

Full name of applicant	Claire Craig
Title of former Civil Service role	Director, Government Office for Science
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	30 January 2016
New employer	The Royal Society
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Director, Science Policy (February 2016)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Approved - The department have approved the above appointment subject to the conditions that: Claire should not draw on privileged information available to her from her time in Crown Service; and for 2 years from her last day of service, she should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of his new company or its employers/clients.

May to December 2015

Sara Burgess

Full name of applicant	Sara Burgess
Title of former Civil Service role	Regulator of Community Interest Companies
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	13 September 2015
New employer	Bates Wells and Braithwaite
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Internal consultant (7 January 2016)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Approved - The department have approved the above appointment subject to the conditions that: Sara should not draw on privileged information available to her from her time in Crown Service; and for 1 year from her last day of service, Sara should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of her new company or its employers/clients.

Gordon McKenzie

Full name of applicant	Gordon McKenzie
Title of former Civil Service role	Deputy Director, Higher Education
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	30 June 2015
New employer	Guild HE
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Chief Executive Officer (1 July 2015)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Approved - The department has approved the above appointment subject to the condition that: Gordon should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown Service; and for 2 years from his last day of service, Gordon should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of his new company or its employers/clients.

Peter Stephens

Full name of applicant	Peter Stephens
Title of former Civil Service role	Deputy Director, EU Strategy
Date left/ retired from the Civil Service	11 October 2015
New employer	Nissan Motors (GB) Ltd
New appointment/ employment (including when taken up)	Head of UK External and Government Affairs (12 October 2015)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Approved - The department has approved the above appointment subject to the conditions that: Peter should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown Service; and for 1 year from his last day of service, Peter should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of his new company or its employers/clients.