Latest civil service & public affairs moves — April 6

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


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Government departments

  • Cabinet Office – Ian Cheshire stood down as lead non-executive director for the Cabinet Office. Alex Chisholm named as the new permanent secretary and chief operating officer for the civiervice.
  • MI5 – Ken McCallum to replace Andrew Parker as director general at the end of April..
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Horserace Betting Levy Board – Paul Darling appointed as chair, Anne Lambert appointed as a member.
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government – Jeremy Pocklington named as the new permanent secretary, having been in the role on an interim basis.
  • Treasury: Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee – Silvana Tenreyro reappointed as an external member.
  • Department of Health and Social Care: NHS Property Services – Martin Steele named as the acting chief executive.

House of Lords

  • Lord Gordon of Strathblane (Labour, life peer) died on 31 March.
  • Lord Brookman (Labour, life peer) retired from the House of Lords on 2 April.

Devolved authorities

  • Northern Ireland Assembly: Public Accounts Committee – Andrew Muir replaced Trevor Lunn as a member. Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 response – Keith Buchanan, John O’Dowd, Dolores Kelly, Robbie Butler, Kellie Armstrong and Clare Bailey appointed as members of the new committee.
  • Scottish Parliament – Lewis Macdonald elected as an additional deputy presiding officer for the duration of the public response to the novel coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Northern Ireland Government: Northern Ireland Water Board – Len O'Hagan reappointed as chair. Agricultural Wages Board – Patricia O'Callaghan reappointed as an independent member.

Local authorities

  • Birmingham City Council – Chris Naylor to become interim chief executive.

Industry

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Interest Groups

  • Survation – Carl Shoben to become Director of Strategic Communications.
  • Farm Africa  Dan Collison appointed as chief executive.
  • The Vision Foundation – Judith Brodie named as interim chief executive.
  • Protect – Liz Gardiner named as chief executive, having been in the role on an interim basis.
  • Royal Society for Public Health – Christina Marriott to replace Shirley Cramer as chief executive in May.

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