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Kelly, Bernadette - Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport - ACOBA advice

Advice to Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB, former Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport, on business appointments after leaving Crown service

• From: Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
• Published: 10 October 2025
• Last updated: 10 October 2025 — See all updates

Documents

Advice Letter: Bernadette Kelly, Non Executive Director, Youth Futures Foundation

PDF, 148 KB, 8 pages

Advice Letter: Bernadette Kelly, Non Executive Director, Youth Futures Foundation

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Advice letter: Bernadette Kelly, Independent Member of the Council and Finance and General Purposes Committee, University of Warwick

PDF, 137 KB, 6 pages

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Advice letter: Bernadette Kelly, Independent Member of the Council and Finance and General Purposes Committee, University of Warwick

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Details

Dame Bernadette left her role at the Department for Transport in June 2025.

Non Executive Director, Youth Futures Foundation

Dame Bernadette sought the Committee’s advice about taking up a paid appointment with the Youth Futures Foundation. The letter containing the Committee’s consideration and the conditions imposed on the appointment was sent in October 2025; and the appointment was taken up later that month. An accessible version of the letter is available here.

Independent Member of the Council and Finance and General Purposes Committee, University of Warwick

Dame Bernadette sought the Committee’s advice about taking up an appointment with the University of Warwick. The letter containing the Committee’s consideration and the conditions imposed on the appointment was sent in September 2025; and the appointment was taken up in later that month. An accessible version of the letter is available here.

Published 10 October 2025

Last updated 10 October 2025 + show all updates

1. 10 October 2025

   Appointment with Youth Futures Foundation added.

2. 10 October 2025

   First published.