Decision

Summary of business appointments applications - Sir Stephen Dalton

Published 27 May 2015

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Air Chief Marshall Sir Stephen Dalton left his role as Chief of the Air Staff in January 2014.

1. Independent consultancy

Sir Stephen sought advice to set up as an Independent Consultant to provide broad strategic advice to commercial organisations on a part-time basis, and accept commissions with PA Consulting and Textron.

In their consideration of this application, the Committee noted that Sir Stephen did not have any official dealings with his prospective employers and had not been involved in any decisions affecting them.

The Committee recommended that Sir Stephen’s application be approved subject to the following conditions;

  • Sir Stephen should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Government; and

  • For two years from his last day in service, Sir Stephen should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK Government on behalf of his new employer, its parent company or its clients.

The letter containing the final advice was sent in November 2014 and he took up the new role in January 2015.

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