Latest civil service & public affairs moves — October 5

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

CSW

05 Oct 2020

Cabinet Office: Boundary Commission for Wales – Huw Vaughan Thomas and Sam A Hartley appointed as members
Department of Health and Social Care: Public Health England – Sharon Peacock named as executive director and chair of the COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium. NHS Track and Trace – Mike Coupe to replace Sarah-Jane Marsh as director of Covid-19 testing.
Cabinet Office – Helen Macnamara became deputy cabinet secretary and head of the cabinet secretariat.
Attorney General’s Office – Shehzad Charania became interim director general, replacing Rowena Collins Rice.
Northern Ireland Office – Leslie Philpott appointed as lead non-executive director, and Louise Wilson as non-executive director.
Department for Education: Skills and Productivity Board – Stephen van Rooyen to become chair.
HM Treasury: National Infrastructure Commission – Neale Coleman appointed as an expert commissioner.
Home Office: Security Industry Authority – Michelle Russell to become acting chief executive on 19th October, replacing Ian Todd.

House of Lords

Lord Freeman (Conservative, life peer) retired from the House of Lords on 1st October.

House of Commons

Margaret Ferrier had the SNP Whip removed and now sits as Independent.
Claudia Webbe had the Labour Whip removed and now sits as Independent.
International Trade Committee – Lloyd Russell-Moyle replaced Matt Western as a member.
Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy – Edward Leigh appointed as a member.

New parliamentary private secretary appointments confirmed this week (may have been in place previously):

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – added Alicia Kearns as Team PPS
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government – added Jacob Young as team PPS, replacing Nickie Aiken.
Ministry of Justice – added Julie Marson as team PPS, replacing Siobhan Baillie.
Department for Transport – moved Laura Trott from team PPS to PPS to Grant Shapps; added Gagan Mohindra as team PPS.
Department for Work and Pensions – added Flick Drummond as team PPS (previously PPS to Anne-Marie Trevelyan as secretary of state for international development)
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – swapped the PPSs around: Jo Gideon now PPS to Alok Sharma and Mark Fletcher is team PPS.
Department for International Trade – swapped the PPSs around: Saqib Bhatti is PPS to Liz Truss and Suzanne Webb is team PPS.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – confirmed the PPSs from the FCO continue their roles at FCDO: Gareth Johnson is PPS to Dominic Raab and Joy Morrissey is team PPS.

SNP

Northern Ireland Government

Education Training Inspectorate – Faustina Graham appointed as chief inspector.

Welsh Government

By-election result 1 October

Orkney Islands Council – Heather Woodbridge elected for North Isles – Independent gain from Independent. (Kevin Woodbridge died).
Cotswold District Council – Robert Weaver to become chief executive.
South Tyneside Council – Martin Swales to stand down as chief executive.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council – Drew Mellor elected as new Leader.
Cheltenham Borough Council – Steve Jordan to stand down as Leader at the May elections.

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Comic Relief – Fatima Ribeiro named as executive director of fundraising and creative, replacing Shabby Amini who had been in the role on an interim basis.
NCVO – Priya Singh named as chair-elect.
NAVCA – Jane Ide to stand down as chief executive on 10 November.
Samaritans – Keith Leslie appointed as chair.
The Royal Foundation – William Hague to become chair on 1 November.