Transparency data

MOJ Business Appointment Rules, April 2022 to June 2022

Updated 21 March 2024

Pro forma for transparency information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the department at scs1 and scs2 level and equivalents (including special advisers of equivalent standing)

Full Name of Applicant Simon Finkelstein
Title of Former Civil Service Role Special Adviser to Deputy Prime Minister
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service 23 June 2022
New Employer Edelman
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up) Senior Vice President
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) “You should not become personally involved in direct or indirect lobbying of the UK Government, nor should you make use, directly or indirectly, of your contacts in Government and/or Crown service to influence policy or secure business for the benefit of Edelman. These conditions will remain in place for a period of 1 year from your last date of service at the MoJ. You are also hereby reminded of your confidential obligations.”