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Summary of business appointments applications - Vice Admiral Peter Hudson

Updated 16 July 2018

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Vice Admiral Peter Hudson left his position as Commander, NATO Maritime Command, NATO Allied Command in October 2015.

1. Independent Consultancy and subsequent commissions

Vice Admiral Peter Hudson sought advice on setting up an independent consultancy.

His consultancy will centre on the future operational landscape and potential crises as well as highlighting capability shortfalls across Europe. He expects to undertake work that will utilise his strategic understanding of the international community, to engage in training roles and not to target individual equipment programmes.

When considering this application the Committee took into account that the MOD panel expressed no concerns about Vice Admiral Hudson taking on commissions as an independent consultant, subject to a 2-year lobbying ban.

The Committee considered that given some of the commissions Vice Admiral Hudson intends to take on are closely linked to his most recent role as Commander NATO Maritime Command, it was appropriate for there to be a gap between him leaving the MOD and setting up an independent consultancy.

The Secretary of State for Defence accepted the Committee’s advice that the appointment be subject to the following conditions:

  • A waiting period of six months from his last day of Crown service;

  • He should not draw on any privileged information available to him from his time in Crown service;

  • For two years from his last day in Crown service, he should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK Government on behalf of any of his clients or those he advises;

  • For 12 months from his last day of service he should not undertake any work as a consultant which involves providing advice to any company or organisation on the terms of a bid or contract relating directly to the work of the MOD; and

  • For two years from his last day of service, before accepting any new commission he should apply to the Committee for approval to confirm that it is acceptable under the Committee’s guidelines.

The letter containing the final advice was sent in August 2016 and his consultancy was activated in October.

Under his independent consultancy, Vice Admiral Hudson has accepted commissions with:

Burson-Marsteller (BM) (February 2017 and June 2017)

NATO Senior Experts Group (November 2016)

L3 Communications (October 2016)

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