Latest civil service & public affairs moves — February 5

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 Sutherland of Houndwood (crossbench, life peer) died 29 January 2018; Privileges and Conduct Committee – Lord McAvoy appointed as a member; Procedure Committee – Lord McAvoy appointed as a member; Selection Committee – Lord McAvoy appointed as a member; Services Committee – Lord McAvoy appointed as a member.

Government departments

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority – Malcolm Morley replaced David Batters as chair of Radioactive Waste Management.
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Ofcom – Bob Downes appointed as the first board member for Scotland.
  • Department for Education: Ofsted Board – Kathryn August and Pamela Scriven appointed to the board, replacing Linda Farrant and Paul Snell. John Huges reappointed to the board.
  • HM Treasury: Clare Lombardelli appointed as chief economic adviser; Monetary Policy Committee –​ Gertjan Vlieghe reappointed as an external member.
  • Department for Transport: Highways England – Peter Mumford appointed as executive director of major projects & capital portfolio management.
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Matthew Field has been appointed Her Majesty's ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina; Andrew Noble has been appointed Her Majesty’s ambassador to Romania.

Non-ministerial departments

  • Charity Commission – Baroness Stowell named as the preferred candidate for chair.

Devolved authorities

  • Welsh Government: Careers Wales Board – Liz Harris and Emma Richards named as members.

Local authorities: by-election results 1 February

  • Cornwall Council – Jayne Kirkham elected for Falmouth Smithick – Labour hold.
  • Sunderland Council – Martin Haswell elected for Pallion – Liberal Democrat gain from Labour.

Interest groups

  • YMCA England – Reg Bailey appointed as chair.
  • Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations – Anna Fowlie to become chief executive in April.
  • YoungMinds – Sarah Brennan to stand down as chief executive in May.

Consultancies

  • GK Strategy – Emily Wallace resigned as managing director.
  • Teneo Blue Rubicon – Martin Donnelly to become a senior adviser.
  • Edelman – Alan Maine joined as a senior director.

Corporates

  • Google – Tim Chatwin to replace Peter Barron as head of communications and public affairs for the EMEA region.

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