MOD business appointment rules: applications completed from July to September 2024
Published 30 January 2025
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Commodore Ray Lovegrove
Full Name of Applicant: Commodore Ray Lovegrove
Title of Former Crown Service Role: Deputy Director, Defence Infrastructure, Royal Navy
Date Left/Retired from the Crown Service: 2 August 2024
New Employer: WSP
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up): Portfolio Director 12 August 2024
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
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.
David Langbridge
Full Name of Applicant: David Langbridge
Title of Former Civil Service Role: Head of Defence Nuclear Safety Regulation
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service: 31 May 2024
New Employer: Nuclear Powered Submarine Regulatory Design – Department of Defence
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up): Special Advisor to NPSRD 12 September 2024
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
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.
Commodore Richard Atkinson
Full Name of Applicant: Commodore Richard Atkinson
Title of Former Crown Service Role: Deputy Director Strategic Force Development
Date Left/Retired from the Crown Service: 25 August 2024
New Employer: NATO Defence Investments Division
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up): Officer, Maritime Capabilities and Standardisation (AWW), 2 September 2024
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
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 six 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 six months from his last day in Crown Service.
Major General John Collyer
Full Name of Applicant: Major General John Collyer
Title of Former Crown Service Role: Director Information & Chief Information Officer, Capability Strategy and Development, British Army
Date Left/Retired from the Crown Service: 16 June 2024
New Employer: Centerprise International
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up): CEO, 19 June 2024
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
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.
Major General John Collyer
Full Name of Applicant: Major General John Collyer
Title of Former Crown Service Role: Director Information & Chief Information Officer, Capability Strategy and Development, British Army
Date Left/Retired from the Crown Service: 16 June 2024
New Employer: Independent Consultancy (Portway Associates Ltd, company house), 7 June 2024
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up): Independent Consultancy, commission Sierra Nevada Corporation Mission, 14 June 2024
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
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.
If he is applying for clearance to set up an independent consultancy, he must seek prior clearance from the MOD for each commission under the terms of his consultancy that he wishes to take up for two years from his last day in Crown Service.
If he is applying for clearance to set up an independent consultancy, he must not make use of his contacts in any companies into whose provision of services into the UK MOD he exercised influence as part of his most recent role whilst serving, to seek to win work for his consultancy for twelve months from his last day in Crown Service .
Neil Rixon
Full Name of Applicant: Neil Rixon
Title of Former Civil Service Role: Head of Weapons Support– Future Enterprise, Defence Equipment & Support
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service: 6 June 2024
New Employer: Leidos Logistics and Mission Support
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up): Consultant/Contractor on Munitions Strategy, 27 August 2024
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
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.
Joy Senior
Full Name of Applicant: Joy Senior
Title of Former Civil Service Role: Senior Responsible Owner, Land Environment Tactical Communication and Information Systems
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service: 21 June 2024
New Employer: PA Consulting
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up): Consulting Director, 22 July 2024
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
She should not be in a bid team for an MOD contract for twelve months from her last day in Crown Service (19 July 2024).
For six months from her last day in Crown Service, she should not work on any MOD contract.
After six months from her last day in Crown Service, she may work on any MOD contract as long as it is not one, she was involved in from a decision-making perspective while at the MOD.
The appointing contractor should also ensure that there is a non-disclosure agreement in place as part of their conflict of interest process to ensure that commercially sensitive data is not disclosed.
Standard condition AG.1.A will apply for the duration of applicability of the business appointment rules (i.e. for two years after her last day in Crown Service), she should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of herself or her prospective employer) any information available to her from her time in Crown Service which could reasonably be perceived to give them an unfair advantage over any competitors they may have.