MOD business appointment rules: applications completed from July to September 2021
Published 27 January 2022
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1. Commodore Heber Ackland
Full Name of Applicant: Commodore Heber Ackland
Title of Former Crown Service Role: Head Advanced Faculty
Date Left/Retired from Crown Service: 12 November 2021
New Employer: Lincoln University
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up): Deputy Vice Chancellor – Programme Director (1 September 2021)
2. Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
The applicant is not to work on any elements of the supplier’s business relating to the CSAP project or to contact any Defence Academy personnel for a period of 6 months in order to visibly counter the risk of perception the appointment as proposed would give undue advantage though his proximity to MOD, or unfair advantage over other companies.
He should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of himself or his prospective client or employer or their subsidiaries partners or clients) any information available to him from his time in Crown Service which could reasonably be perceived to give them an unfair advantage over any competitors they may have.
He should not make use, directly or indirectly, of his Government and/or Crown Service contacts, or contacts developed during Crown Service in other Governments or organisations, to influence policy or secure funding or business from the UK government or other governments or governmental organisations on behalf of himself or his prospective client or employer or their subsidiaries partners or clients for twelve months from his last day in Crown Service. This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with Government policy.
He should not provide advice to any company or organisation on the terms of, or with regards to the subject matter of, a bid or contract relating directly to the work of the MOD or its trading funds for twelve months from his last day in Crown Service. Lobbying in this context means that he should not personally communicate with Government (including Ministers; special advisors and officials) as a representative of their new employer with a view to influencing a Government decision or policy in relation to his interests or the interests of his organisation.