Transparency data

BEIS: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2023

Published 19 October 2023

Transparency information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

This covers former staff at Senior Civil Service payband 1 (SCS1) and payband 2 (SCS2) levels. It also covers special advisers of equivalent level.

Elinor Wakefield

Full Name of Applicant	Elinor Wakefield OBE
Title of Former Civil Service Role	Deputy Director, International Climate Finance
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service	30 June 2023
New Employer	Climate-i
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up)	Chief Executive Officer (5 July 2023)
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Elinor should not draw on privileged information available to her from her time in the Crown Service. For 1 year from Elinor’s last day of service, she should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of her new employer and/or its clients. Where Elinor also takes on consultancy work, she should make fresh applications on specific assignments as they arise. It is advised that Elinor continues to review the business appointment rules guidance before accepting any new appointment or employment for 2 years after leaving the Civil Service to ensure that there is no cause for justified public concern, criticism or misinterpretation.

Declan Burke

Full Name of Applicant	Declan Burke
Title of Former Civil Service Role	Director Nuclear Projects & Development
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service	1 September 2023
New Employer	SSE plc
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up)	Director of Group Strategy (4 September 2023)
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied)	Declan does not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of himself or the persons or organisations to which this advice refers) any privileged information available to him from his time in Crown service. For 12 months from Declan’s last day in Crown service, Declan should not become personally involved in lobbying the UK government on behalf of SSE (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients); nor should he make use, directly or indirectly, of his contacts in the government and/or Crown service to influence policy, secure business/funding or otherwise unfairly advantage SSE (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients). For 12 months from his last day in Crown service he should not undertake any work with SSE (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients) that involves providing advice on the terms of, or with regard to the subject matter of a bid with, or contract relating directly to the work of, the UK government or its arms length bodies. For 12 months from his last day in Crown service he should not have any engagement with the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) (including parent companies, subsidiaries, partners and clients). Declan should continue to review the business appointment rules guidance before accepting any new appointment or employment for 2 years after leaving the Civil Service to ensure that there is no cause for justified public concern, criticism or misinterpretation.