The People's Chamber
ISSUE 80
JUN 19-25, 2026
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Dataset

Revolving Door

409 records in this dataset. Showing rows 401 to 409 (page 5 of 5).

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 are reviewed by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA), which can attach conditions such as waiting periods or restrictions on lobbying former colleagues.

  • Ian Hudson

    18 Dec 2019

    Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Service

    the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  • Philip Rycroft

    5 Nov 2019

    Permanent Secretary

    New role: pending ACOBA publication · the Department for Exiting the European Union

  • Niel Kempson

    5 Nov 2019

    Director General for Technology at GCHQ

    New role: pending ACOBA publication

  • Ian Boyd

    5 Nov 2019

    Chief Scientific Adviser

    Non-Executive Trustee, UK Research Integrity Office · the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

  • Peter Watkins

    25 Sept 2019

    Director General of Strategy, Security and Policy Operations for the Ministry of Defence

    Visiting Professor at King's College London

  • Tracey Crouch

    18 Sept 2019

    Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society

    Parkour UK

  • Oliver Robbins

    10 Sept 2019

    Prime Minister's Europe Adviser

    Goldman Sachs · Cabinet Office

  • Priti Patel

    26 Jul 2019

    Secretary of State

    New role: pending ACOBA publication · the Department for International Development

  • Sarah Davidson

    5 Jun 2019

    Director General of Organisational Development and Operations for the Scottish Government

    Carnegie UK