Latest civil service & public affairs moves — December 11

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


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Houses of Parliament

  • House of Lords: Lord Loomba (life peer), was non-affiliated and now sits as crossbench
  • House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee – Colin Clark and Glyn Davies appointed as members; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee – Jo Platt appointed as a member; Home Affairs Committee – Douglas Ross replaced Esther McVey as a member; International Trade Committee – Stephanie Peacock replaced Keith Vaz as a member; Science and Technology Committee – Carol Monaghan replaced Stephanie Peacock as a member.

Government departments

  • Department for Transport: HS2 Ltd ​– Andrew McNaughton is to become a part-time strategic technical adviser.
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Regulatory Policy Committee – Anthony Browne appointed as the new chair.
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: VisitBritain ​– Judith Macgregor appointed to the board; Arts Council England – Michael Eakin, Catherine Mallyon, Andrew Miller, George Mpanga, Elisabeth Murdoch. Paul Roberts and Tessa Ross appointed as general council members and David Joseph reappointed; Sukhy Johal appointed as Midlands area chair, Kate Willard as north area chair, Roni Brown as south east area chair, and Rosemary Squire reappointed as south west area chair; UK Gambling Commission – Sarah Harrison to stand down as chief executive in February.
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Andrew Pearce has been appointed governor of Montserrat.
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: Christine Middlemiss to replace Nigel Gibbens as chief veterinary officer in March.
  • Cabinet Office: Social Mobility Commission – Alan Milburn resigned as chair of the board; Baroness Shephard, Paul Gregg and David Johnston resigned as members.

Local authorities

  • Derby City Council – Paul Robinson to stand down as chief executive in April.
  • Worcestershire County Council – Paul Robinson to become the new chief executive.
  • By-election results 7 December: North Devon Council – Caroline Leaver elected for Newport – Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative; Enfield Council – Ergun Eren elected for Enfield Highway – Labour hold.

Trade associations

  • EEF, the manufacturers' organisation – Stephen Phipson replaced Terry Scuoler as chief executive on 1 December.
  • Association for Scottish Public Affairs – Callum Chomczuk named as the new chair, replacing Alastair Ross.

Interest groups

  • SafeLives – Suzanne Jacob promoted to become chief executive, replacing Diana Barran.
  • Breast Cancer Care – Steve Lucas appointed as director of fundraising and marketing.
  • Royal Blind Group – Richard Baker appointed as policy manager.

Consultancies

  • Edelman – Feargal Purcell becomes director of public affairs.

Corporates

  • Santander UK – Stewart Todd to become head of external communications in March.

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