Dataset
Revolving Door
526 records in this dataset. Showing rows 501 to 526 (page 6 of 6).
The revolving door refers to senior government officials and ministers leaving public service to take up roles in the private sector, often in industries they previously regulated or had influence over. These appointments were reviewed by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA), which could attach conditions such as waiting periods or restrictions on lobbying former colleagues. ACOBA closed on 13 October 2025 and the records below are complete up to that date. Responsibility has since passed to the Civil Service Commission for senior officials and special advisers, and to the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards for former ministers, both under the new Ethics and Integrity Commission.
Chris Grayling
1 Sept 2020Secretary of State for Transport
Hutchison Ports Europe · Department for Transport
Clive Johnstone
10 Aug 2020Commander NATO Allied Maritime Command
British Maritime Technology · Ministry of Defence
Sarah Cox
10 Aug 2020Chief Operating Officer, Ofgem
Programme Assurance, Smart Data Communications Company
William Vereker
7 Aug 2020Prime Minister's Business Envoy
Chairman, Santander UK (Banco Santander)
Sarah Newton
4 Aug 2020Minister of State
Trustee, Hall for Cornwall · the Department for Work and Pensions
Stuart Atha
6 Jul 2020Deputy Commander Ops, Air Command
BAE Systems plc · Ministry of Defence
Paul Kissack
22 Jun 2020Director General for Strategy and Change
Joseph Rowntree Group · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
James, Director of the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit No.10, Cabinet Office Marshall
22 Jun 2020New role: pending ACOBA publication
James, Director of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit No.10, Cabinet Office Marshall
22 Jun 2020Director, Macro Advisory Partners LLP James
David Gauke
22 Jun 2020Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
New role: pending ACOBA publication · Ministry of Justice
Ian Morrison
22 Jun 2020Defence Saudi Armed Forces Projects
Non-Executive Advisor, Blue Abyss Air Vice Marshal · the Ministry of Defence
Chris Deverell
15 Jun 2020Commander of Joint Forces Command
Oxford University · Ministry of Defence
Martin Bricknell
28 Jan 2020former Surgeon General
Independent Consultancy Lt Gen · Ministry of Defence
Caroline Nokes
28 Jan 2020Minister of State for Immigration
Trustee, Care After Combat · Home Office
Robert Devereux
28 Jan 2020Permanent Secretary
Consultant, Browne Jacobson LLP · the Department for Work and Pensions
Duncan Potts
28 Jan 2020Director General
Universal Defence and Security Solutions · Ministry of Defence
Robbie Gibb
18 Dec 2019Director of Communications, No.10
Independent Consultancy, and commissions with the Daily Mail and Kekst CNC
Ian Hudson
18 Dec 2019Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Service
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Niel Kempson
5 Nov 2019Director General for Technology at GCHQ
New role: pending ACOBA publication
Ian Boyd
5 Nov 2019Chief Scientific Adviser
Non-Executive Trustee, UK Research Integrity Office · the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Philip Rycroft
5 Nov 2019Permanent Secretary
New role: pending ACOBA publication · the Department for Exiting the European Union
Peter Watkins
25 Sept 2019Director General of Strategy, Security and Policy Operations for the Ministry of Defence
Visiting Professor at King's College London
Tracey Crouch
18 Sept 2019Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society
Parkour UK
Oliver Robbins
10 Sept 2019Prime Minister's Europe Adviser
Goldman Sachs · Cabinet Office
Priti Patel
26 Jul 2019Secretary of State
New role: pending ACOBA publication · the Department for International Development
Sarah Davidson
5 Jun 2019Director General of Organisational Development and Operations for the Scottish Government
Carnegie UK