Latest civil service & public affairs moves — January 15

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 Clinton-Davis (Labour, life peer) retired on 10 January.
  • House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee – Stephen Kinnock discharged, Thelma Walker appointed as a member; Selection Committee – David Evennett, Andrew Griffiths and Esther McVey discharged, Chris Heaton-Harris, Christopher Pincher and Andrew Stephenson appointed as members.

Government departments

  • Department for Work and Pensions: BPDTS Ltd – Loveday Ryder to become chief executive on 22 January; Pensions Regulator – Mark Boyle reappointed as non-executive chair.
  • Ministry of Defence: Charles Forte to become chief information officer at the end of the month.
  • Department of Health and Social Care: Care Quality Commission – John Oldham, Liz Sayce and Mark Saxton appointed as non-executive board members.
  • Department for Transport: Highways England – David Poole to stand down as executive director for procurement and commercial in March.
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Imperial War Museum – Desmond Bowen and Suzanne Nicholas appointed as trustees.
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Gareth Ward has been appointed Her Majesty's ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Parties

  • Labour Party: Chris Williamson resigned as shadow minister for the Home Office (fire and emergency services)

Devolved Authorities

  • Scottish Parliament: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body – Kezia Dugdale replaced David Stewart as a member; Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee – Iain Gray replaced Monica Lennon as a member; Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee – Alex Rowley replaced David Stewart as a member.
  • Scottish Government: FinTech Scotland – Stephen Ingledew to become chief executive.
  • Welsh Government: Yasmin Khan and Nazir Afzal named as the new national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence.

Local authorities: by-election results 11 January

  • Kent County Council – Liz Hurst elected for Birchington and Rural – Conservative hold.
  • Thanet Council – Reece Pugh elected for Thanet Villages – Conservative hold.
  • Lancashire County Council – Matthew Salter elected for Wyre Rural Central – Conservative hold.
  • Wyre Council – Peter Cartridge elected for Preesall – Conservative hold.

Consultancies

  • DRD Partnership – Pete Bowyer joined as a partner.

Interest groups

  • Age UK – Steph Harland named as chief executive, having been in the role on an interim basis.
  • Christian Aid – Amanda Khozi to become chief executive in April.
  • National Trust – Hilary McGrady to replace Helen Ghosh as director general in March.
  • Action on Hearing Loss Cymru – Rebecca Woolley appointed as director.
  • Teenage Cancer Trust – Kate Collins named as interim chief executive.
  • Marie Curie – Vindi Banga appointed as chair.

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