The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA), that provides independent advice to former Ministers and the most senior servants on appointments they wish to take up on leaving government, has today published a report covering its work from 2020 – 2024.
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The independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments’ report for its work between 2020 and 2024 . ‘The time to restore trust is now’
ACOBA writes to departing ministers on leaving office to remind them of their responsibility to seek advice on new outside roles; and to provide a brief guide to the process.
Advice to the Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, former Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on business appointments after leaving ministerial service.
Minutes of the meetings of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
Register of remunerated and unremunerated interests and shareholdings for all members of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
Advice to The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP , former Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Justice at the Ministry of Justice, on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Wigston CBE, former Chief of the Air Staff, Ministry of Defence, on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to Samantha Jones, former Expert Adviser at the Department of Health and Social Care and No.10, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to the Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP, former Minister for School Standards at the Department for Education, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to Simone Finn, former Deputy Chief of Staff at No.10, Cabinet Office, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to the Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park, former Leader of the House of Lords, on business appointments after leaving government.
Advice to Ken Thomson, former Director General Strategy and External Affairs, Scottish Government, on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to Air Marshal Martin Sampson CBE DSO, former Defence Senior Adviser to the Middle East and North Africa, the Ministry of Defence, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to Lieutenant General James Swift CB OBE, former Chief of Defence People, Ministry of Defence, on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to former Director of Government Communications Headquarters, Sir Jeremy Fleming KCMG CB, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to Dr Michael Grenfell, former Executive Director, Enforcement, the Competition and Markets Authority, on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to Dr Michael Grenfell, former Executive Director, Enforcement, the Competition and Markets Authority, on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP , former Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Justice at the Ministry of Justice, on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to Amber de Botton, former Director of Communications at No.10, Cabinet Office, on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP, former Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to Lord Darren Mott OBE, former Government Whip in the House of Lords, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Wigston CBE, former Chief of the Air Staff, Ministry of Defence, on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to Sir Alex Chisholm KCB, former Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary, the Cabinet Office, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to Gaven Smith CB FReng, former Director General Technology, Government Communications Headquarters, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to Sir Patrick Vallance, former Government Chief Scientific Adviser at the Cabinet Office on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to David Stewart, former Executive Director, Markets and Mergers at the Competition and Markets Authority, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Information about ACOBA's work during the pre-election period.
Advice to The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP, former Minister Without Portfolio and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to the Rt Hon Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to Lisa Osofsky, former Director of the Serious Fraud Office, The Serious Fraud Office, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to Ms Elizabeth Honer, former Chief Executive & Head of the Government Internal Audit Function, Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA), His Majesty's Treasury, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to The Rt Hon Sir Michael Ellis KBE KC MP, former Attorney General, The Attorney General’s Office on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to George Freeman MP, former Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to the Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC, former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Ministry of Justice, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to Julian Braithwaite CMG,Director General, Organised Immigration Crime, Home Office, and previously Director General for Europe at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to The Rt Hon Chloe Smith MP, former Secretary of State for the Department of Science, Innovation, and Technology on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to General Sir Tim Radford, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO and Ministry of Defence on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to Mark Sweeney, former Director General, Domestic and Economic Affairs, Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Office on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP, former Secretary of State for the Home Department, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to former Director of Government Communications Headquarters, Sir Jeremy Fleming KCMG CB, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
Advice to Tim Radford, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO and Ministry of Defence on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Advice to The Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma KCMG MP, former President for COP26, 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, on business appointments after leaving Crown Service
Advice to Lord Darren Mott OBE, former Government Whip in the House of Lords, on business appointments after leaving Crown service.
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