Transparency data

HMRC's business appointment rules advice, July to September 2023

Published 14 December 2023

Full name of applicant	Mary Barber
Title of former civil service role	Transformation Programme Director
Date left civil service	30 November 2022
New employer	IBM
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Executive Coach, 4 October 2023
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: For a period of 2 years from your last day in service, you must: maintain the confidentiality you signed and agreed to on your appointment to the Senior Civil Service, particularly the Official Secrets Act 1989 and the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005; not approach HMRC staff with an offer of employment without a robust recruitment/interview process taking place; not become involved in, nor use your internal HMRC network to proactively lobby UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers; not draw on any privileged information obtained as a Crown Servant; not advise on HMRC contracts, or any new opportunities with HMRC, either to IBM or their clients, including coaching of IBM staff involved in the same.

Full name of applicant	Neil Rollason
Title of former civil service role	Assistant Director – LB Midlands
Date left civil service	12 July 2023
New employer	Independent Consultancy
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	1 September 2023
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: For a period of 2 years from your last day in service, you must: not draw on any privileged information obtained as a Crown Servant that is not in the public domain, including for use as case examples for clients; not become involved in, nor use your internal HMRC network to proactively lobby UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers; not represent UK taxpayers, nor advise agents representing customers, who were the subject of live investigations that you were involved with in your role as Assistant Director, Large Business and SRO for Environmental Taxes; not offer advice in relation to policy or operational policy that was in development, but not yet announced, in which you have had material involvement during your role as Assistant Director, Large Business and SRO for Environmental Taxes; demonstrate clear distance between your activities as an independent consultant and your previous roles within HMRC.

Full name of applicant	Mike McMahon
Title of former civil service role	Head of Office, Adjudicator’s Office
Date left civil service	30 September 2023
New employer	HMRC, VOA, Home Office
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Independent Adjudicator, 1 October 2023
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: For a period of 2 years from your last day in service, you must: not become involved in, nor use your internal HMRC network to proactively lobby UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers; not draw on any privileged information obtained as a Crown Servant that is not in the public domain.

Full name of applicant	Nigel Green
Title of former civil service role	Director, CDS Programme
Date left civil service	4 November 2021
New employer	Infrastructure and Projects Authority
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Associate, 2 October 2023
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: For a period of 2 years from your last day in service, you must: not provide advice in your new role that draws on any privileged information obtained as a Crown Servant; maintain the confidentiality you signed and agreed to on your appointment to the Senior Civil Service, particularly the Official Secrets Act 1989 and the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005; not be appointed as a reviewer for any HMRC projects - the SRO for the project should make sure that this is communicated to IPA when they select a reviewer from the pool; not become personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or Crown Servants, including special advisors, on behalf of your new employer or any of its clients.

Full name of applicant	Giles McCallum
Title of former civil service role	Programme Director, Making Tax Digital
Date left civil service	31 October 2023
New employer	Blue River Interactive Group, Inc.
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	Programme Director, 1 November 2023
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: For a period of 2 years from your last day in service, you must: not approach HMRC staff with an offer of employment without a robust recruitment/interview process taking place; not become involved in, nor use your internal HMRC network to proactively lobby UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers; not draw on any privileged information obtained as a Crown Servant that is not in the public domain; not offer advice on any commissions relating to Making Tax Digital or HMRC; not be involved in bidding, either directly or via an intermediary organisation, for any work with HMRC.

Full name of applicant	Simon York
Title of former civil service role	Director, Fraud Investigation Service
Date left civil service	30 April 2023
New employer	Independent Consultancy
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	13 September 2023
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: For a period of 2 years from your last day in service, you must: maintain the confidentiality you signed and agreed to on your appointment to the Senior Civil Service, particularly the Official Secrets Act 1989 and the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005; not draw on any privileged information obtained as a Crown Servant that is not in the public domain, including for use as case examples for clients; not become involved in, nor use your internal HMRC network to proactively lobby UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers; not represent UK taxpayers, nor advise agents representing customers, who were the subject of live investigations that you were involved with in your role as Director, Fraud Investigation Service; not offer advice in relation to policy or operational policy that was in development, but not yet announced, in which you have had material involvement during your role as Director, Fraud Investigation Service; demonstrate clear distance between your activities as an independent consultant and your previous role within HMRC.

Full name of applicant	Natasha Harris
Title of former civil service role	HR Director
Date left Civil service	31 July 2023
New employer	1) The Gambling Commission, 2) Independent Consultant
New appointment/employment (including when taken up)	1) Executive Director of People Services, 1 August 2023, 2) September 2023
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: For a period of 2 years from your last day in service, you must: not draw on any privileged information obtained as a Crown Servant; maintain the confidentiality you signed and agreed to on your appointment to the Senior Civil Service, particularly the Official Secrets Act 1989 and the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005; not approach HMRC staff with an offer of employment without a robust recruitment/interview process taking place. These conditions also apply to any independent consultancy work undertaken covering HR and organisational design work.