Transparency data

HMRC's business appointment rules advice, January to March 2020

Published 30 July 2020

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).

Appointment details for Julie McHugh

	Details
Full name of applicant	Julie McHugh
Title of former civil service role	Deputy Director PT Operations
Date left the civil service	28 February 2020
New employer	Ernst & Young
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	‎Director of Tax Transformation UK & Ireland, 2 March 2020
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	HMRC approved this application with no conditions

Appointment details for Michael Shaw

	Details
Full name of applicant	Michael Shaw
Title of former civil service role	Assistant Director
Date left the civil service	1 March 2020
New employer	PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Advisor, 2 March 2020‎
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	HMRC approved this application with the following conditions: you should not provide advice in your new role that draws on the knowledge and understanding gained from his participation in internal HMRC work that is still under development and/or not yet in the public domain. You will also need to avoid any involvement in your new role in individual cases where you have been materially involved in your current job. This includes, but is not limited to, the provision of specific advice relating to HMRC’s planned actions on the Diverted Profits Disclosure Facility. For a period of 24 months from your last day of service, you will not become involved in proactive lobbying of UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers (you may, however, take part in public consultations on the same basis as anyone else). Whilst still employed by HMRC, you will need to stop any further direct involvement in cases involving PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP clients. You step down, with immediate effect, from all governance roles where the governance board has the authority to make decisions relating to individual taxpayers.

Appointment details for Peter Wilson

	Details
Full name of applicant	Peter Wilson
Title of former civil service role	Head of Design Assurance
Date left the civil service	28 February 2020
New employer	Pegasystems
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	EMEA Public Sector Industry CTO, 2 March 2020‎
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	HMRC approved this application with the following conditions: you should not work directly with HMRC within this new role for the first twelve months in post. If a circumstance does arise in the next twelve months and you need any assistance on defining this condition, you should get in touch with Commercial Directorate. You should not provide advice in your new role that draws on the knowledge and understanding gained from your participation in internal HMRC work that is still under development and/or not yet in the public domain. You will also need to avoid any involvement in your new role in individual cases where you have been materially involved in your current job. For a period of 24 months from your last day of service, you will not become involved in proactive lobbying of UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers (you may, however, take part in public consultations on the same basis as anyone else). You re-familiarise yourself with the HMRC policy in IPR and abide by that policy before and after departure.