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Appointments or employment of former staff

Outside appointments or employment taken up by former staff at SCS1 and SCS2 and equivalents (including special advisers of equivalent standing).

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2020

Full name of applicant	Title of former Scottish Government role	Date left/retired from the civil service	New appointment/employment (including date taken up)	Scottish Government decision on application *
Gordon Wales	Chief Financial Officer	11 July 2020	Finance Director for Network Rail Scotland 13 July 2020	Approved.
Stewart Maxwell	Special Adviser	31 July 2020	Policy and Public Affairs Manager, David MacBrayne Ltd 3 August 2020	Approved with a 12 month lobbying ban.
David Ritchie	Head of Scottish Investments, Scottish National Investment Bank Programme	30 October 2020	Executive Director, Partnerships and Engagement, Scottish National Investment Bank	Approved.
Uzma Khan	Deputy Director for Economic Policy	11 November 2020	Director of Planning, Insights and Analysis and Deputy Secretary, Glasgow University 12 November 2020	Approved

Full name of applicant	Title of former Scottish Government role	Date left/retired from the civil service	New appointment/employment (including date taken up)	Scottish Government decision on application *
Mike Baxter	Director of Finance and Corporate Services, Transport Scotland	5 January 2020	Director of Finance and Corporate Services, Scottish Qualifications Authority 6 January 2020	No restrictions
Aileen McKechnie	Director of Advanced Learning and Science	28 February 2020	Principal and CEO of South Lanarkshire College 2 March 2020	No restrictions
Anne Moises	Chief Information Officer	5 April 2019	External board member for National Records of Scotland (NRS) on its Census 2021 Board. 30 August 2019	No restrictions NB: Retrospective application, approved exceptionally and former SCS reminded of the ACOBA rules

Full name of applicant

Title of former Scottish Government role

Date left/retired from the civil service

New appointment/employment (including date taken up)

Scottish Government decision on application *

Mike Baxter

Director of Finance and Corporate Services, Transport Scotland

5 January 2020

Director of Finance and Corporate Services, Scottish Qualifications Authority

6 January 2020

No restrictions

Aileen McKechnie

Director of Advanced Learning and Science

28 February 2020

Principal and CEO of South Lanarkshire College

2 March 2020

No restrictions

Anne Moises

Chief Information Officer

5 April 2019

External board member for National Records of Scotland (NRS) on its Census 2021 Board.

30 August 2019

No restrictions

NB: Retrospective application, approved exceptionally and former SCS reminded of the ACOBA rules

* Includes details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied.

First published: 1 February 2021
Last updated: 15 April 2024 - show all updates
All updates: 15 April 2024
Updated.

10 January 2024
Updated to add October 2023 to December 2023 data.

11 October 2023
Updated to add July 2023 to September 2023 data.

27 July 2023
Updated.

3 May 2023
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18 July 2022
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