MOD business appointment rules: applications completed from October to December 2022
Published 30 March 2023
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Frazer Lawrence
Full Name of Applicant: Frazer Lawrence
Title of Former Crown Service Role: Head of TRG Cap Army
Date Left/Retired from Crown Service : 16 January 2022
New Employer: Independent Consultant – Commissions with QinetiQ, UDSS, Vidette UK Ltd, and MASS Consultants Ltd
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up): Independent Consultant (28 November 2022)
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
Frazer Lawrence 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 her 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 her 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.
Martyn Williams
Full Name of Applicant: Martyn Williams
Title of Former Crown Service Role: Head of Naval Ships
Date Left/Retired from Crown Service : 1 April 2021
New Employer: BAE Systems Maritime - Naval Ships
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up): Independent Chair of the Support Transistion working group (14 November 2022)
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
Martyn Williams 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.
Martyn should not engage in any business development activities or be involved in any tendering process by BAE Maritime Services for a period of 12 months from commencement of his appointment.
Polly Scully
Full Name of Applicant: Polly Scully
Title of Former Crown Service Role: Strategy Director
Date Left/Retired from Crown Service : 14 November 2022
New Employer: Palantir
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up): Senior Counsellor UKG (28 November 2022)
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
Polly Scully should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of herself or her prospective client or employer or their subsidiaries partners or clients) 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.
Polly Scully should not make use, directly or indirectly, of her 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 herself or her prospective client or employer or their subsidiaries partners or clients for twelve months from her last day in Crown Service.
This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with Government policy.
Polly Scully 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 her last day in Crown Service. Polly Scully is not to complete any MOD facing activity until the Enterprise Agreement is signed by the authority and any future interactions are within the governance model that has been set out by the Defence Digital.
Alice Rowlands
Full Name of Applicant: Alice Rowlands
Title of Former Crown Service Role: CDIO
Date Left/Retired from Crown Service : 5 December 2022
New Employer: Faculty Science Limited
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up): Director Frontier Delivery (5 December 2022)
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)
She should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of herself or her prospective client or employer or their subsidiaries partners or clients) 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.
She should not make use, directly or indirectly, of her 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 herself or her prospective client or employer or their subsidiaries partners or clients for twelve months from her last day in Crown Service.
This does not preclude routine contact on matters aligned with Government policy.
She 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 her last day in Crown Service.