Latest civil service & public affairs moves — June 10

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Government departments

• Department of Health and Social Care: Chris Whitty to replace Sally Davies as chief medical officer for England and the UK government’s chief medical adviser.
• Cabinet Office: Senior Salaries Review Body – Sharon Witherspoon reappointed as a member; House of Lords Appointments Commission – Lord Chartres, Fionnuala Jay-O’Boyle and Charles Moore named as independent members.
• Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Office of Communications – Sharon White to stand down as chief executive at the end of the year; Charity Commission – Paul Martin reappointed to the Board.
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Kumar Iyer to become chief economist in July; Owen Jenkins has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia and non-resident Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste; Karen Bell has been appointed High Commissioner to the Republic of Vanuatu.

Non-Ministerial Departments

• Crown Prosecution Service: Rebecca Lawrence to become chief executive in September, replacing Paul Staff who is in the role on an interim basis.

Parties

• Conservative Party: Theresa May stepped down as leader of the Party on 7 June.

Devolved Authorities: 

• Welsh Government: Social Care Wales Board - Michael Giannasi to become Chair from 1 August and Maria Battle and Trystan Pritchard become members from 1 July.
• Scottish Parliament: Parliamentary Bureau – Rhoda Grant replaced Neil Findlay as a member.

Industry  

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Interest Groups

• The Carnegie UK Trust: Sarah Davidson to become chief executive in early August.
• Young Women’s Trust: Sophie Walker to replace Carole Easton as chief executive in September.

Corporates

• Google UK – Jenny Jamie appointed as director of communications and public affairs.

Consultancies

• APCO Worldwide: Steve Earl named as managing director of UK operations.