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Summary of Business Appointments - Andrew Rhodes

Published 12 July 2018

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1. Registrar and Chief Operating Office, Swansea University

Mr Rhodes sought the Committee’s advice about a full time role as Registrar and Chief Operating Officer at Swansea University.

The Committee wrote to Mr Rhodes and noted with concern that the appointment was announced before the Committee had provided its advice. The Committee refused to give retrospective advice.

However the Committee did wish to put in the public domain that:

  • Mr Rhodes has been appointed Registrar and Chief Operating Officer at Swansea University, having applied for the role.
  • He described the role as being responsible for the day-to-day operation of Swansea University, including all corporate and professional services as well as commercial aspects and oversight of academic performance.
  • He has told the Committee that the role is not likely to include any contact or dealings with Government.
  • Mr Rhodes informed the Committee that he was an undergraduate and post-graduate student at Swansea University between 1996 and 2003 and has had no contact with the University since then, two years before he joined the Civil Service. Neither has he had contact with its competitors or access to commercially sensitive information about them.
  • DWP has no reservations about the appointment.

The letter containing the Committee’s views was sent in February 2018.

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