Government departments
- HM Treasury: Office of Tax Simplification – Bill Dodwell to replace Paul Morton as tax director.
- Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland: Boundary Commission for Scotland – Paula Sharp reappointed as a member.
- Department of Health and Social Care: Nicola Blackwood named as the new Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health; Care Quality Commission: Rosie Benneyworth named as the new chief inspector of primary medical services and integrated care, replacing Steve Field in early March.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Martin Shearman has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium during summer 2019.
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: S4C - Hugh Hesketh Evans reappointed as a board member; Natural History Museum – Stephen Sparks reappointed to the board; Gambling Commission – Trevor Pearce reappointed to the board; National Museums Liverpool – Carmel Booth and Nicola Thorp had their terms as trustees; Royal Museums Greenwich – Alastair March appointed as audit and risk trustee.
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Nuclear Police Authority - Simon Chesterman to replace Mike Griffiths as chief constable in April.
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Leasehold Advisory Service – Wanda Goldwag appointed as interim chair.
- Department for Work and Pensions: BPDTS Ltd – Jeremy Moore appointed as the new chair; Valerie Gordon-Walker appointed as a non-executive director.
Devolved Authorities
- National Assembly for Wales: Jenny Rathbone readmitted to the Assembly Labour Party.
- Scottish Government: Scottish Security Commission – Sally Witcher appointed as chair of the new body.
House of Lords
- Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland (Labour, life peer) died on 6th January.
- Baroness Howells of St Davids (Labour, life peer) retired on 10th January.
- Nicola Blackwood to become a peer in due course.
Local Authorities
- Camden Council: Jenny Rowlands to replace Mike Cooke as chief executive in March; By-election Results 10 January: East Sussex County Council – Deirdre Earl-Williams elected for Bexhill West – Independent hold. (Stuart Earl died); Rother Council – Kathy Harmer elected for St Marks – Independent hold. (Stuart Earl died).
Interest Groups
- Plan International UK: Tanya Barron to retire as chief executive in June.
- Bond: Stephanie Draper to become chief executive in March.
- Girlguiding: Angela Salt to become chief executive next week.
- Learn English at Home: Jenny Irish to become director on 14 January.
- Big Issue Invest: Danyal Sattar became chief executive.
- City to Sea: Rebecca Burgess appointed as chief executive.
- Scottish Autism: Dorry McLaughlin appointed as chief executive.
- Battersea: Catherine Mills appointed as director of fundraising.
- British Stammering Association: Kate Dickson appointed as communications director.