DCMS Business Appointment Rules between July and September 2023
Updated 28 November 2024
Full Name of Applicant | Helen Whitehouse | |
Title of Former Civil Service Role | Deputy Director, Museums and Cultural Property | |
Date Left/Retired from the Civil Service | 01/09/2023 | |
New Employer | Natural History Museum | |
New Appointment/Employment (including when taken up) | Chief Operating Officer 11/09/2023 | |
Department’s Decision on Application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied) | Approved with conditions: Helen will not attend any regular partnership meetings with the Natural History Museum and will not be involved in the selection process for new trustees during her notice period. Helen will not take part in any decision making processes regarding funding for Natural History Museum, whether allocations or competitively, for the duration of her notice period. For 2 years after leaving the Civil Service, to require that Helen does not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of herself or the organisation they will be working for) any privileged information available to her from her time in the Civil Service. |