Business appointment rules advice: July to September 2023
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Summarises details about former Ofgem staff, at senior levels SCS1 and SCS2 and its equivalents, who have left the civil service. This includes the conditions under which their new employment (paid or unpaid) was approved. These rules apply for either one or two years after leaving, depending on the role.
Ofgem issued a decision on two applications submitted under the business appointment rules between 1 July to 30 September 2023.
Maureen Paul
Full name of applicant: Maureen Paul
Title of former civil service role: Deputy Director, Retail Policy
Date left or retired from the civil service: 2 September 2023
Name of new employer: Grant Thornton Consultancy
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): 20 September 2023
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied):
- a restriction on drawing on any privileged information (as defined by Advisory Committee on Business Appointments) available to MP as a result of her role at Ofgem
- a restriction on becoming personally involved in lobbying Ofgem for two years (as defined in the business appointment rules)
Simon Wilde
Full name of applicant: Simon Wilde
Title of former civil service role:
Date left or retired from the civil service: 30 September 2023
Name of new employer: Oxera Consulting LLP
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): 2 January 2024
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied):
- a restriction on becoming personally involved in lobbying Ofgem for two years (as defined in the business appointment rules) including but not limited to not being part of a bid pitch team pitching for Ofgem work
- a restriction on drawing on any privileged information (as defined by Advisory Committee on Business Appointments) available to the employee because of his role at Ofgem. For the avoidance of doubt, the applicant shall not use, share or disclose any information obtained or accessed or knowledge gained during his employment with Ofgem relating to any licensee or related companies, whether or not those licensees are clients of Oxera or related companies, whether or not that use, sharing or disclosure is to the benefit of Oxera or licensee clients of Oxera and whether or not that information is also subject to s105 of the Utilities Act 2000
- a restriction on any work related to the applicant’s previous work with Ofgem particularly related to licensees in competition with any licensee clients of Oxera learned though his employment with Ofgem
- he is restricted from participating in any work where his knowledge of Ofgem, its business dealings, sensitive matters related to its strategy or any projects on which he has worked could be used directly against Ofgem’s interests without first having agreed with [the CEO} (or his nominee) whether any specific conditions linked solely to relevant privileged or commercially sensitive information to which the applicant has had access are appropriate
The above applies for two years after the last day of paid service and it applies to any appointment or employment within that period.