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.