Government departments
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Agriculture and Horticulture Development - Dr Louise Sutherland joined the Horticulture Sector Board, Reuben Collins the Potato Sector Board; Ben Schadla-Hall and Andrew Osmond the Cereals & Oilseeds Sector Board, and Richard Soffe the Dairy Sector Board as members.
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Information Commissioner’s Office – Elizabeth Denham to be the new Information Commissioner.
- Department for Transport: Highways England – Vanessa Howlison appointed as Chief Financial Officer.
- Department of Energy and Climate Change: Civil Nuclear Police Authority - Mark Neate joins as a member, replacing George Beveridge.
- Department for Education: Equality and Human Rights Commission – David Isaac appointed as Chair; Lesley Sawers appointed as Scotland Commissioner.
- Department for Work and Pensions: Health and Safety Executive – Martin Temple appointed as Chair of the Board, replacing Judith Hackitt.
Devolved
- Welsh Government: Frank Atherton named as the new Chief Medical officer
UK parliament
- House of Lords: Lord Inge (Crossbench, Life Peer) retired on 25th April; Lord Peston (Labour, Life Peer) died on 23rd April.
- House of Commons: Naz Shah had the Labour party whip suspended and now sits as Independent; Welsh Affairs Committee – Glyn Davies appointed member, replacing Antoinette Sandbach.
Industry and public affairs
- R3 – Andrew Tate to become President, replacing Phillip Sykes.
- Cancer Research UK - Leszek Borysiewicz to replace Michael Pragnall as Chair from October 2016.
- Quiller – Amy Selman appointed as a Consultant.
- Amazon UK – Ruwan Kodikara to become Senior Manager of Corporate Communications in May.
- Thomas Cook – Stephen D’Alfonso to become Group Head of Public Affairs in July.