Transparency data

DfT: business appointment rules advice – October to December 2023

Updated 21 March 2024

October to December 2023

Brian Johnson

Full name of applicant Brian Johnson
Title of former Civil Service role Chief Executive Officer, Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Date left the Civil Service 14 October 2022
New employer Qualis Group Limited
New appointment/employment (including when taken up) Chair, October 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, Qualis Group Limited 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 (or any of its arms-length bodies) on behalf of Qualis Group Limited, 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