Latest civil service & public affairs moves — March 22

Government departments

• Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Gambling Commission – Neil McArthur stood down as chief executive; UK Sport – George Lucas appointed as the Northern Ireland member.
• Department of Health and Social Care: Human Tissue Authority – Ellen Donovan appointed as the Welsh Member, replacing William Horne.
• Ministry of Justice: Jo Farrar appointed as second permanent secretary; Independent Monitoring Authority – Ronnie Alexander appointed as a non-executive member of the board.
• HM Treasury: Amanda Blanc has been appointed as HM Treasury's Women in Finance champion.
• Department for Transport: East West Railway Company – Neil Sachdev appointed as dhair.
• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Liz Barclay appointed as small business commissioner.
• Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Housing Ombudsman – Adam Sampson appointed as independent reviewer of service complaints.
• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Giles Lever has been appointed Her Majesty’s ambassador to the Republic of Sudan in succession to Irfan Siddiq.
• Home Office: David Neal named as independent chief inspector of borders and immigration; Fraser Sampson named as the independent biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner.

Devolved Authorities

• Welsh Government: Design Commission for Wales - Mike Biddulph, Jon James, Cora Kwiatkowski and Joanna Rees appointed as commissioners from 1 April.

Industry

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Trade Associations

• Professional Footballers' Association :Maheta Molango to replace Gordon Taylor as chief executive.

Consultancies

• Brevia Consulting: Mike Thompson appointed as chair of the health division.

Corporates

• Asda: Roger Burnley is to retire as chief executive.
• AA: Simon Breakwell to stand down as chief executive and become deputy chair.