Arrivals, moves and departures, Dec 2012

Janice Hartley and Sue Moore started their roles as directors of delivery for Universal Credit at the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) on 5 November, replacing Steve Dover, the previous director of programme delivery. Hartley was previously the DWP’s interim service delivery director for corporate IT, and Moore was its fraud and error programme director. A DWP spokesperson told CSW the roles were not “direct replacements” for Dover because “the scope of the roles of senior staff has changed” as the project moves from the design to delivery phase.

By Joshua.Chambers

15 Dec 2012

Jean-Christophe Gray, head of general expenditure at HM Treasury, is replacing Steve Field as the prime minister’s official spokesman. He will start in the position after the chancellor’s Autumn Statement on 5 December. Field has left for the International Monetary Fund.

Anne Sharpe will take the position of chief executive of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) in January, when the incumbent John Taylor retires. Sharpe has been chief executive of the Judicial Office since 2009.

The Department for Communities and Local Government has recruited three non-executives to the board of the Homes and Communities Agency, after an open competition. Richard Hyde, Anthony Preiskel and Ruth Thompson started on 1 Novem