Latest civil service & public affairs moves – October 3

Government departments

• Cabinet Office – William Shawcross CVO appointed as commissioner for public appointments for five years from 1 October.
• Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: National Portrait Gallery – Inaya Folarin Iman and Simon Sebag Montefiore appointed as trustees for four years from 1 August to 31 July 2025.
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Agriculture and Horticulture Development – Sarah Bell, Stephen Briggs, Colin Bateman, Lyndon Edwards and Dr Catherine Mackenzie appointed as board members for three years from 13 September. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – Krishnan Guru-Murthy re-appointed to the board for three years from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024.
• Department for International Trade – Emma Wade-Smith OBE appointed as Her Majesty’s Cconsul general to New York and Her Majesty’s trade commissioner for North America from November, replacing Antony Phillipson.
• Competition and Markets Authority – Dr Jenny Haydock appointed as deputy chief economic adviser from 1 October.

Political parties

Labour

• Andy McDonald MP resigned as shadow secretary of state for employment rights and protections.
• National Executive Committee – Alice Perry elected chair; Johanna Baxter elected vice-chair.

Green Party

• Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay elected as co-leaders.

Devolved authorities

Scottish Parliament

• Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee – Alexander Stewart added as a member; Tess White discharged.
• Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee – Maurice Golden added as a member; Sue Webber discharged.
• Health, Social Care and Sport Committee – Sue Webber added as a member; Annie Wells discharged.
• Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee – Tess White added as a member; Alexander Stewart discharged.

Welsh Government

• Qualifications Wales Board – Julie Brannan appointed as a member for three years from 1 September. John Latham appointed as a member for three years from 7 December.

Northern Ireland Assembly

• Assembly and Executive Review Committee – George Robinson added as a member; Alex Easton discharged.
• Communities Committee – Ciara Ferguson added as a member.
• Executive Office Committee – Alex Easton added as a member; George Robinson discharged. Pádraig Delargy added as a member.
• Infrastructure Committee – Pádraig Delargy added as a member.
• Procedures Committee – Ciara Ferguson added as a member; Linda Dillon discharged.
• Standards and Privileges Committee – Sinead Bradley and Áine Murphy added as members; George Robinson discharged.

Industry

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Interest groups

• Battersea Dogs and Cats Home – Julian Holmes-Taylor appointed as director of income generation; Amy Jankiewicz appointed as director of operations.
• Higher Education Policy Institute – Professor Sally Mapstone appointed as chair of trustees from October, replacing Professor Sir Ivor Crewe; Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow appointed as trustee; Professor Nick Pearce, Professor Iyiola Solanke and Professor Mary Stuart appointed to the Advisory Board; Dr Alexis Brown appointed as director for policy and advocacy.