Guidance
Public Appointments - Significant Appointments (HTML)
Published 21 May 2026
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Significant appointments are those competitions that require a Senior Independent Panel Member to be a member of the Advisory Assessment Panel. Further details on the role of the Senior Independent Panel Member are set out in section 6 of the Governance Code.
The list relates to the recruitment of Chairs of bodies unless otherwise indicated and those roles that are subject to pre-appointment scrutiny are also included on this list and are indicated by the shading.
List of significant appointments (May 2026)
Attorney General
- HM Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service
Department for Business and Trade
- Chair, Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)
- Chair, British Business Bank
- Certification Officer
- Chair, Competition and Markets Authority Board
- Groceries Code Adjudicator
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Department for Business and Trade
- Chair, Low Pay Commission
- Chair, Post Office Ltd
- Pubs Code Adjudicator and Deputy Pubs Code Adjudicator
Cabinet Office
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Cabinet Office
- Chair, Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Chair, Ethics and Integrity Commission
- Chair, House of Lords Appointments Commission
- Independent Reviewer of Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) Enforcement
- Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists
- Chair, Senior Salaries Review Body
- Chair, Social Mobility Commission
- Chair, UK Statistics Authority Board
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Chair, Arts Council England
- Chair, BBC
- Chair, Big Lottery Fund (The National Lottery Community Fund)
- Chair, British Film Institute
- Chair, British Library
- Chair, Charity Commission for England and Wales
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Chair, Gambling Commission
- Chair, Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (Historic England)
- Chair, Historic Royal Palaces
- Chair, Independent Football Regulator
- Chair, National Heritage Memorial Fund/Heritage Lottery Fund (The National Lottery Heritage Fund)
- Chair, National Museums Liverpool
- Chair, Science Museum Group
- Chair, Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C)
- Chair, Sport England
- Chair, The Royal Parks
- Chair, UK Sport
- Chair, VisitBritain
Additionally, Advisory Assessment Panels for presumed Chair competitions will include SIPMs for the following bodies whose Chairs are chosen by Trustees:
- British Museum
- Imperial War Museum
- National Gallery
- National Portrait Gallery
- Natural History Museum
- Royal Museums Greenwich
- Tate
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Wallace Collection
Department for Education
- Chief Regulator for Ofqual
- Children’s Commissioner for England
- His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Department for Education
- Chair, Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted)
- Chair, Office for Students
- Chair, Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual)
- Chair, Student Loans Company Ltd
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Chair, Climate Change Committee
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Chair, Gas and Electricity Markets Authority
- Chair, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Chair, Environment Agency
- Chair, Forestry Commission
- Chair, Natural England
- Chair, Office for Environmental Protection
- Chair, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Chair, Water Services Regulatory Authority (OFWAT)
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Chair, Information Commission
- Chair, OFCOM
- Chair, UK Research and Innovation
Department for Transport
- Chair, British Transport Police Authority
- Chair, Civil Aviation Authority
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Department for Transport
- Chair, HS2 Ltd
- Chair, National Highways Limited
- Chair, Network Rail
- Chair, Office of Rail and Road
Department for Work and Pensions
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Department for Work and Pensions
- Chair, Health and Safety Executive
- Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman
- Pensions Ombudsman
- Chair, Pensions Regulator
- Chair, Social Security Advisory Committee
Department of Health and Social Care
- Chair, Care Quality Commission
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Department of Health and Social Care
- Chair, Food Standards Agency
- Chair, Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority
- National Data Guardian
- Chair, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Chair, NHS England
- Patient Safety Commissioner
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Chief Commissioner, Independent Commission for Aid Impact
HM Treasury
- Chair, Court of Directors of the Bank of England
- Chair, Crown Estate Commissioners
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for HM Treasury
- Chair, Financial Conduct Authority
Home Office
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Home Office
- HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Chief Inspector of Fire & Rescue Authorities in England
- Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
- Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
- Director General of Independent Office for Police Conduct
- Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation
- Windrush Commissioner
Ministry of Defence
- Armed Forces Commissioner
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Ministry of Defence
- Service Police Complaints Commissioner
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Chair, Building Safety Regulator
- Commissioner for Local Administration in England (known as Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman)
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Chair, HM Land Registry
- Chair, Homes England
- Housing Ombudsman
- Chair, Regulator of Social Housing
Ministry of Justice
- Chair, Criminal Cases Review Commission
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Ministry of Justice
- HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
- HM Chief Inspector of Probation
- Chair, Independent Monitoring Authority
- Chair, Legal Services Board
- Chair, Parole Board for England and Wales
- Prison and Probation Ombudsman
- Standing Advocate
- Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales
- Chair, Youth Justice Board for England & Wales
Northern Ireland Office
- Chief Electoral Officer
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Northern Ireland Office
- Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Office for the Secretary of State for Wales
- Lead Non-Executive Member, Departmental Board for the Office for the Secretary of State for Wales
Welsh Government
- Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Arts Council of Wales
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
- Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
- Children’s Commissioner for Wales
- Commissioner for Older People in Wales
- Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (Medr)
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Digital Health and Care Wales
- Future Generations Commissioner
- Health Education and Improvement Wales
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- National Advisor on Violence against Women, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
- National Library of Wales
- Natural Resources Wales
- Powys Teaching Health Board
- Public Health Wales NHS Trust
- Qualification Wales
- Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
- Social Care Wales
- Sport Wales
- Swansea Bay University Health Board
- Velindre NHS Trust
- Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Welsh Language Commissioner