Business appointment rules, October to December 2019
Updated 8 March 2024
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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) - October to December 2019.
Full name of applicant
Alex Thomas
Title of former Civil Service role
Director of No Deal Preparedness and Response
Date left or retired from the Civil Service
20 December 2019
New employer
Institute for Government (IfG)
New appointment or employment (including when taken up)
Programme Director, 13 January 2020
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
After the last day of service, Alex will not make use of privileged information, including for the purposes of lobbying, obtained from the role in Defra at any time.
For 2 years after leaving Defra, Alex must apply for permission to take up any appointment which meets the criteria set out in the Business Appointment Rules.
Full name of applicant
Penelope Fox
Title of former Civil Service role
Group director of communications
Date left or retired from the Civil Service
29 November 2019
New employer
WWF UK
New appointment or employment (including when taken up)
Director – Media, PR and Artists, 2 December 2019
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
After the last day of service, Penelope will not make use of privileged information, including for the purposes of lobbying, obtained from the role in Defra at any time.
Penelope is subject to a two-year ban on lobbying the government on behalf of the new employer.
For 2 years after leaving Defra, Penelope must apply for permission to take up any appointment which meets the criteria set out in the Business Appointment Rules.