Monks, Paul - Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero - ACOBA advice
Advice to Professor Paul Monks, former Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, on business appointments after leaving Crown service
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Professor Monks left his role at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in September 2025.
Trustee, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Professor Monks sought the Committee’s advice about taking up an appointment with the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. 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.
Chair, Henry Royce Institute
ACOBA wrote to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero about Professor Monks’ early announcement in relation to joining the Henry Royce institute as Chair. An accessible version of the letter is available here.
ACOBA wrote to the Cabinet Office about this. An accessible version of the correspondence is available here.