Government departments
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Carolyn McCall, Kathryn Parsons, Stephen Carter and Stuart Quickenden have been appointed as non-executive board members.
- The Insolvency Service: Stephen Allinson appointed as Chair.
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport: The Wallace Collection - Dounia Nadar, Eric Ellul, Jemima Rellie and Marilyn Berk appointed as Trustees; Royal Parks – Bronwyn Hill appointed as Trustee; Gambling Commission – Walter Merricks reappointed as Commissioner; British Tourist Authority - Steve Ridgeway to replace Christopher Rodrigues as Chair from April; VisitEngland – Denis Wormell to replace Penny Cobham as Chair from April; Tate – Maria Balshaw to become the new Director.
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board – Peter Kendall reappointed as Chair; Natural England – Andrew Sells reappointed as Chair.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Thomas Reilly has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco.
- Department for Transport: Maritime and Coastguard Agency – Doug Barrow appointed as Director of the UK Ship Register.
Non-Ministerial Departments
- Ofsted – Luke Tryl named as the new Director for Corporate Strategy.
House of Lords
- Lord Mackay of Drumadoon (Life Peer, Crossbench) retired on 17th January.
Devolved Authorities
- Northern Ireland: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland - Michael Wardlow reappointed as Chief Commissioner.
Local Authority by-election Results 19th January
- Bromsgrove Council: Michael Webb elected for Norton – Conservative hold.
Industry, consultancies & trade associations
- Hume Brophy – Pete Murray joined as Director of Corporate Affairs.
- Pagefield – Oliver Foster replaced Mark Gallagher as Chief Executive.
- Railway Industry Association - Darren Caplan has become Chief Executive, replacing Jeremy Candfield.
- Social Enterprise UK – Lord Adebowale became Chair.
- WaterAid UK – Tim Wainwright to replace Barbara Frost as Chief Executive from May.
- Crystal Palace FC Foundation – Mike Summers appointed as Chief Executive.
- Gingerbread – Rosie Ferguson appointed as Chief Executive.