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DfT: business appointment rules advice – January to March 2023

Updated 21 March 2024

January to March 2023

Siobhan Campbell

Full name of applicant	Siobhan Campbell
Title of former Civil Service role	Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser
Date left the Civil Service	31 December 2022
New employer	WSP
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Technical Director, 3 January 2023
Department’s decision on the application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	• you should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself, your prospective employer or their clients, partners or subsidiaries) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown Service • for 2 years from your last day in Crown Service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the Department for Transport (DfT) (or any of its arms length bodies) on behalf of WSP their clients, partners or subsidiaries; nor should you make use, directly or indirectly, of your contacts in government and/or Crown service, or contacts developed during Crown Service in other governments or organisations, to influence government policy, or secure business or funding on their behalf. This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with government policy • for 12 months from your last day in Crown Service, you should not provide advice to any company or organisation on the terms of, or with regard to the subject matter of, a bid or contract relating directly to the work of the DfT unless explicit approval has been sought and given by the department • for 12 months from your last day in Crown Service, you should also not work on client projects for the DfT unless explicit approval has been sought and given by the department • for 12 months from your last day in Crown Service you should not be directly involved in managing or overseeing contracts with, or having project control responsibility for work with companies relating to DfT led activity unless specifically requested and agreed by the DfT for specific activities only

George Kotschy

Full name of applicant	George Kotschy
Title of former Civil Service role	Deputy Director of Communications, Media and External Affairs
Date left the Civil Service	2 January 2023
New employer	Portland Communications
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Director, Corporate Communications, 3 January 2023
Department’s decision on the application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	• you should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself, your prospective employer or their clients, partners or subsidiaries) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown Service • for 2 years from your last day in Crown Service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the DfT (or any of its arms length bodies) on behalf of Portland Communications, their clients, partners or subsidiaries; nor should you make use, directly or indirectly, of your contacts in government and/or Crown service, or contacts developed during Crown Service in other bovernments or organisations, to influence government policy, or secure business or funding on their behalf. This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with government policy • for 12 months from your last day in Crown Service, you should not provide advice to any company or organisation on the terms of, or with regard to the subject matter of, a bid or contract relating directly to the work of the DfT or its arms length bodies • for 12 months from your last day in Crown Service, you should also not work on client projects for the DfT unless explicit approval has been sought and given by the department • for 12 months from your last day in Crown Service you should not be directly involved in managing or overseeing contracts with, or having project control responsibility for work with companies relating to DfT led activity unless specifically requested and agreed by the DfT for specific activities only

William Holloway

Full name of applicant	William Holloway
Title of former Civil Service role	Special Advisor
Date left the Civil Service	25 October 2022
New employer	5654 & Company
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Director, 9 January 2023
Department’s decision on the application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	• you should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself, your prospective employer or their clients, partners or subsidiaries) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown Service • for 12 months from your last day in Crown Service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the DfT (or any of its arms length bodies) on behalf of your clients, partners or subsidiaries; nor should you make use, directly or indirectly, of your contacts in government and/or Crown service, or contacts developed during Crown Service in other governments or organisations, to influence government policy, or secure business or funding on their behalf. This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with government policy • for 12 months from your last day in Crown Service, you should not provide advice to any company or organisation on the terms of, or with regard to the subject matter of, a bid or contract relating directly to the work of the DfT or its arms length bodies • in addition, you must inform the Permanent Secretary’s office if you wish to undertake any new appointments (whether paid or unpaid) during the 12 months following your last day in Crown service, and we will advise you on whether a further business appointment rules (BAR) application is required. You must do this before accepting any new offer of employment or appointment

Neil Tweedie

Full name of applicant	Neil Tweedie
Title of former Civil Service role	Special Advisor
Date left the Civil Service	6 September 2022
New employer	The Times
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Leader Writer, 9 January 2023
Department’s decision on the application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	• for 2 years from your last day in Crown Service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the DfT (or any of its arms length bodies) on behalf of News UK, their partners or subsidiaries; nor should you make use, directly or indirectly, of your contacts in government and/or Crown service, or contacts developed during Crown Service in other governments or organisations, to influence government policy, or secure business or funding on their behalf. This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with government policy • you should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself, your prospective employer or their clients, partners or subsidiaries) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown Service • for 2 years from your last day in Crown Service, you should not provide advice to any company or organisation on the terms of, or with regard to the subject matter of, a bid or contract relating directly to the work of the DfT or its arms length bodies • in addition, you must inform the Permanent Secretary’s office if you wish to undertake any new appointments (whether paid or unpaid) during the 2 years following your last day in Crown service, and we will advise you on whether a further BAR application is required. You must do this before accepting any new offer of employment or appointment

Alex Luke

Full name of applicant	Alex Luke
Title of former Civil Service role	Interim Director - Corporate Finance and Property
Date left the Civil Service	6 January 2023
New employer	Deloitte LLP
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Director, 9 January 2023
Department’s decision on the application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	• you should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself, your prospective employer or their clients, partners or subsidiaries) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown Service • for 2 years from your last day in Crown Service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the DfT (or any of its arms length bodies) on behalf of Deloitte, their clients, partners or subsidiaries; Lobbying in this context means that you should not personally communicate with government (including ministers, special advisers and officials) as a representative of your new employer with a view to influencing a government decision or policy in relation to their interests or the organisation by which you are employed or to whom you are contracted • you should not make use, directly or indirectly, of your government and/or Crown Service contacts, or contacts developed during Crown Service in other governments or organisations, to secure funding or business on behalf of yourself, your prospective client or employer or their subsidiaries partners or clients for 12 months from your last day in Crown Service • for 12 months from your last day in Crown Service, you should not provide advice to any company or organisation on the terms of, or with regard to the subject matter of, a bid or contract relating directly to the work of the DfT. This also includes specific programmes in which you have been directly involved with DfT’s arms length bodies • for 12 months from your last day in Crown Service you should not be directly involved in managing or overseeing contracts with or having project control responsibility for work with companies relating to DfT led activity unless specifically requested and agreed by the DfT for specific activities only. You should also not work on client projects for the DfT for 12 months unless explicit approval has been sought and given by the department. This also includes specific programmes that you have been directly involved in with DfT’s arm’s length bodies

Brian Johnson

Full name of applicant	Brian Johnson
Title of former Civil Service role	CEO, Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Date left the Civil Service	14 October 2022
New employer	Trustee - Association of Sail Training Organisations
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Trustee, 6 March 2023
Department’s decision on the application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	• you should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself, the Association of Sail Training Organisation or their clients, members, partners or subsidiaries) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown Service • for 2 years from your last day in Crown Service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the DfT (or any of its arms length bodies) on behalf of the Association of Sail Training Organisations; nor should you make use, directly or indirectly, of your contacts in government and/or Crown service, or contacts developed during Crown Service in other governments or organisations, to influence government policy, or secure business or funding on their behalf, or on behalf of their members. This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with government policy

Full name of applicant	Brian Johnson
Title of former Civil Service role	CEO, Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Date left the Civil Service	14 October 2022
New employer	Trustee – Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Trustee, 6 March 2023
Department’s decision on the application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	• you should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of yourself, the Association of Sail Training Organisation or their clients, members, partners or subsidiaries) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown Service • for 2 years from your last day in Crown Service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the DfT (or any of its arms length bodies) on behalf of the Association of Sail Training Organisations; nor should you make use, directly or indirectly, of your contacts in government and/or Crown service, or contacts developed during Crown Service in other governments or organisations, to influence government policy, or secure business or funding on their behalf, or on behalf of their members. This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with government policy