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DSIT: business appointment rules advice 2026

Published 25 June 2026

January 2026 to March 2026

Full Name of Applicant	Liam Wilkinson
Title of Former Civil Service Role	Head of AI Incubation
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service	31 March 2026
New Employer	Tony Blair Institute
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up)	Principal Applied AI Engineer – 13 April 2026
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	For the remainder of your time in Crown Service, you should not be involved in commercial discussions that could, in future, involve your prospective employer (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients).  You do not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of themself or the persons or organisations to which this advice refers) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown service. You continue to review the Business Appointment Rules guidance before accepting any new appointment or employment for two years after leaving the Civil Service to ensure that there is no cause for justified public concern, criticism or misinterpretation. For one year from your last day of service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK Government on behalf of your new employer and/or its clients (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients); nor should you make use directly or indirectly, of contacts in the government and/or Crown service to influence policy, secure business/funding or otherwise unfairly advantage the Tony Blair institute (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients). However, this does not preclude you from interacting with the UK Government, provided that it is related to the work of the Tony Blair Institute on matters aligned with government policy. In addition, this does not prohibit you from contacting the Department as part of building and maintaining any day-to-day relationships with government. Lobbying in this context means that “the former civil servant should not engage in communication with Government - including Minsters, special advisers and officials - with a view to influencing a Government decision or policy in relation to their own interests, or the interests of the organisation by which they are employed, or to whom they are contracted”.

Full Name of Applicant	John Holben
Title of Former Civil Service Role	Deputy Director, Product, Digital Identity Programme
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service	18 March 2026
New Employer	Mastek Limited
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up)	Head of Design and Engineering - 23 March 2026
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	For the remainder of your time in Crown Service, you should not be involved in commercial discussions that could, in future, involve your prospective employer (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients). You do not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of themself or the persons or organisations to which this advice refers) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown service. You continue to review the Business Appointment Rules guidance before accepting any new appointment or employment for two years after leaving the Civil Service to ensure that there is no cause for justified public concern, criticism or misinterpretation. For two years from your last day of service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK Government on behalf of your new employer and/or its clients (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients); nor should you make use directly or indirectly, of contacts in the government and/or Crown service to influence policy, secure business/funding or otherwise unfairly advantage Mastek Limited (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients). However, this does not preclude you from interacting with the UK Government, provided that it is related to the work of Mastek Limited on matters aligned with government policy. In addition, this does not prohibit you from contacting the Department as part of building and maintaining any day-to-day relationships with government.

Full Name of Applicant	Dimitris Perdikou
Title of Former Civil Service Role	Government Chief Engineer
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service	13 February 2026
New Employer	Version 1
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up)	Digital Advisor - 3 March 2026
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	For the remainder of your time in Crown Service, you should not be involved in commercial discussions that could, in future, involve your prospective employer (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients).  You do not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of themself or the persons or organisations to which this advice refers) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown service. You continue to review the Business Appointment Rules guidance before accepting any new appointment or employment for two years after leaving the Civil Service to ensure that there is no cause for justified public concern, criticism or misinterpretation.  Furthermore, as noted in your application you should make fresh applications on specific assignments as they arise. For one year from your last day of service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK Government on behalf of your new employer and/or its clients (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients); nor should you make use directly or indirectly, of contacts in the government and/or Crown service to influence policy, secure business/funding or otherwise unfairly advantage Version 1 (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients). However, this does not preclude you from interacting with the UK Government, provided that it is related to the work of Version 1 on matters aligned with government policy. In addition, this does not prohibit you from contacting the Department as part of building and maintaining any day-to-day relationships with government. Lobbying in this context means that “the former civil servant should not engage in communication with Government - including Minsters, special advisers and officials - with a view to influencing a Government decision or policy in relation to their own interests, or the interests of the organisation by which they are employed, or to whom they are contracted”.

Full Name of Applicant	Rosalind Trinick
Title of Former Civil Service Role	Director of Communications
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service	31 January 2026
New Employer	National body for the sport of Cricket in England and Wales
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up)	Director of Communications – 16 February 2026
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	For the remainder of your time in Crown Service, you should not be involved in commercial discussions that could, in future, involve your prospective employer (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients). You do not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of themself or the persons or organisations to which this advice refers) any privileged information available to you from your time in Crown service.  You continue to review the Business Appointment Rules guidance before accepting any new appointment or employment for two years after leaving the Civil Service to ensure that there is no cause for justified public concern, criticism or misinterpretation. For one year from your last day of service, you should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK Government on behalf of your new employer and/or its clients (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients); nor should you make use directly or indirectly, of contacts in the government and/or Crown service to influence policy, secure business/funding or otherwise unfairly advantage The England and Wales Cricket Board (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients).  However, this does not preclude you from interacting with the UK Government, provided that it is related to the work of The England and Wales Cricket Board on matters aligned with government policy. In addition, this does not prohibit you from contacting the Department as part of building and maintaining any day-to-day relationships with government. Lobbying in this context means that “the former civil servant should not engage in communication with Government - including Minsters, special advisers and officials - with a view to influencing a Government decision or policy in relation to their own interests, or the interests of the organisation by which they are employed, or to whom they are contracted”.