Home Office: business appointment rules January to March 2025
Updated 27 April 2026
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Ann Walker
Full name of applicant: Ann Walker
Title of former Civil Service role: Deputy Director – Product and Technology
Date left/retired from the Civil Service: 14 March 2025
New employer: Mastek
New appointment/employment (including when taken up): 17 March 2025
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved subject to the following conditions:
- that for a period of 2 years after leaving Crown Service, she should not work on any contracts with the Home Office
- that for a period of 2 years after leaving Crown Service, she should not engage in any lobbying of ministers, special advisers or government officials
- that she should not draw on privileged information available to you from your time in Crown Service
- that she must submit further applications should she wish to take up any additional appointments during this period, or if a conflict arises which would entail her working with officials or ministers with whom she has had contact during your time in government