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DfT: business appointment rules advice, 2018
Updated 26 March 2019
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Summarises advice given under the business appointment rules to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 level and equivalents.
1. October to December 2018
1.1 Eirik Pitkethly
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Eirik Pitkethly |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Head of Airline Insolvency Review |
| Date left/retired from the Civil Service | 18 November 2018 |
| New employer | BP |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Head of Transport Energy Policy, 19 November 2018 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Approved with a restriction on involvement in lobbying government for a period of one year and a reminder of continued obligations under the Official Secrets Act. |
1.2 Karen Letten
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Karen Letten |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Project Director, Passenger Services |
| Date left/retired from the Civil Service | 7 November 2018 |
| New employer | La Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Belges (SNCB, Belgian Railways) |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Corporate Strategy Officer, 19/11/2018 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Approved with no restrictions. |
1.3 Sir Alan Massey
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Sir Alan Massey |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Chief Executive, Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
| Date left/retired from the Civil Service | 31 October 2018 |
| New employer | Two separate employers Irish Government and Shoreham Port |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Two roles as follows Chairperson of the Irish SAR Framework Review Group, Irish Government (05/12/2018) and Non-Executive Director, Shoreham Port (01/01/2019). |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Both appointments approved- both with a restriction on involvement in lobbying government for a period of two years and a reminder of continued obligations under the Official Secrets Act. |
1.4 Emma Silver
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Emma Silver |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Special Adviser, Department for Transport |
| Date left/retired from the Civil Service | October 2018 |
| New employer | Bird |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Public Policy, November 2018 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Approved- with a restriction on involvement in lobbying government for a period of one year and a reminder of continued obligations under the Official Secrets Act. |
2. July to September 2018
2.1 Rachael Etebar
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Rachael Etebar |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Group HR Director, Department for Transport |
| Date left/retired from the Civil Service | 12 August 2018 |
| New employer | British Transport Police |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Director of People and Culture, British Transport Police, 13 August 2018 |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Approved with no restrictions |
3. April to June 2018
During the period April to June 2018 the Department for Transport did not issue any decisions on applications submitted under the business appointment rules.
4. January to March 2018
4.1 Simon Knight
| Applicant details | |
|---|---|
| Full name of applicant | Simon Knight |
| Title of former Civil Service role | Head of Petition Management and Negotiation |
| Date left/retired from the Civil Service | 31 January 2018 |
| New employer | HS2 Ltd |
| New appointment/employment (including when taken up) | Head of Petition Management & Technical Teams, Hybrid Bill Delivery Directorate |
| Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | After consideration of Simon’s Business Appointment Rules application the department are content that no formal restrictions need to be put in place, other than continued obligations in respect to his time in DfT and under the Official Secrets Act |