Exceptional Appointments made without a competition

There is a requirement in the Governance Code for Ministers to make the decision public alongside their reasons for doing so.

A list of exceptional appointments made without a competition is set out below along with the Commissioner’s observations.

2018/19

Date Approved	Department	Body	Role	Name	Appointment Length	Reason	Decision Letter
16 October 2018	DCMS	Royal Armouries	Chair	Hemant Patel	12 months	While board closes down	Letter
05 October 2018	BEIS	Science and Technology Facilities Council	Member	Sheila Rowen	12 months	While board closes down	Letter
05 October 2018	BEIS	Science and Technology Facilities Council	Member	Phillipa Foster	12 months	While board closes down	Letter
05 October 2018	BEIS	Medical Research Council	Member	Jill Pell	12 months	While board closes down	Letter
05 October 2018	BEIS	Medical Research Council	Member	Munir Pirmohamed	12 months	While board closes down	Letter
05 October 2018	BEIS	Medical Research Council	Member	Eleanor Riley	12 months	While board closes down	Letter
05 October 2018	BEIS	Medical Research Council	Member	Graham Spittle	12 months	While board closes down	Letter
05 October 2018	BEIS	Science and Technology Facilities Council	Member	Frances Saunders	12 months	While board closes down	Letter
03 October 2018	WG	Natural Resources Wales	Interim Chair	David Henshaw	12 months	Following failed competition	Letter
31 August 2018	MOJ	Prison Service Pay Review Body	Chair	Jerry Cope	12 months	Following failed competition	Letter
14 August 2018	WG	Public Health Wales	NED	Stephen Palmer	6 months	Following failed competition	Letter
14 August 2018	WG	Public Health Wales	NED	Dyfed Edwards	6 months	Following failed competition	Letter
27 July 2018	WG	Welsh Ambulance Service Trust	NED	Martin Turner	12 months	To allow for competition	Letter
17 July 2018	DFT	East West Railway Company	Chair	Rob Brighouse	12 months	To allow board to be established	Letter
13 July 2018	DWP	Health and Safety Executive	Member	Paul Kenny	12 months	Following failed competition	Letter
06 July 2018	MOJ	Youth Justice Board	Chair	Charlie Taylor	12 months	Board undergoing substantial change	Email
06 July 2018	MHCLG	Housing Ombudsman Service	Housing Ombudsman	Andrea Keenoy	12 months	Following failed competition	Letter
22 June 2018	DFE	Office for Students	Member	Ruth Carlson	3 months extension	To allow for competition	Letter
20 June 2018	DFE	Office for Students	Statutory Reviewer	Geraint Jones	3 months	To allow for competition	Letter
08 June 2018	DFT	HS2 Ltd Board	NED	Ed Smith	12 months	Following failed competition	Letter
09 May 2018	WG	Visit Britain	Welsh Representative	Jason Thomas	9 months	To allow for competition	Letter
08 May 2018	NHS Improvement	University Hospitals North Midlands Trust	NED	Jean Challiner	2 years	Provide stability to board	Email
08 May 2018	BEIS	Nuclear Decommission Authority	NED	Laurie Haynes	12 months	To allow for competition	Email
04 May 2018	NHS Improvement	Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	Chair	David Nicholson	12 months	Provide stability to board	Email

2017/18

4 January 2018
Office of Road and Rail: Stephen Glaister
Appointment without Competition Ref 248 (PDF)

8 November 2017
North Bristol NHS Trust: Frank Collins
Appointment without Competition Ref 232 (PDF)

8 November 2017
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust: Aruna Metha
Appointment without Competition Ref 231 (PDF)

28 September 2017
Sport Wales: Lawrence Conway CB (further extension)
Appointment without Competition Ref 175

10 September 2017
Seafish:  Brian Young
Appointment without Competition Ref 229 (PDF)

1 September 2017
Youth Justice Board: Bryan Tytherleigh
Appointment without Competition Ref 225 (PDF)

19 July 2017
NHS Improvement: Richard Douglas
Appointment without Competition Ref 217 (PDF)

30 April 2017
Liverpool Community Health Trust:  Robert Beardall
Appointment without Competition Ref 234 (PDF)

28 April 2017
Sport Wales: Julia Longville
Appointment without Competition Ref 215 (PDF)

21 April 2017
Liverpool Community Health Trust: Sir David Henshaw, Dame Jo Williams, Steve Igoe, Anita Marsland
Appointment without Competition Refs 194, 196-198 (PDF)

21 April 2017
Youth Justice Board: Alan Wood                                                                                       Appointment without competition – Ref 200 (PDF)
Because of the General Election, the Commissioner has agreed to an extension of this exceptional appointment until December.

21 April 2017
Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust: Jim Potter
Appointment without Competition Ref 186 (PDF)

21 April 2017
National Nuclear Laboratory: Claire Flint
Appointment without competition Ref 178 (PDF)

21 April 2017
OFCOM: Nick Pollard
Appointment without competition Ref 180 (PDF)

21 April 2017
Chair of UK Sport: Lis Astall
Appointment without competition Ref 189 (PDF)

21 April 2017
Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C): Elan Closs Stephens
Appointment without competition Ref 195 (PDF)

7 April 2017
Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) Kevin Roberts
Appointment without competition Ref 183 (PDF)

23 March 2017
Advisory Panel on Substance Misuse: Richard Ives
Appointment without competition Ref 179 (PDF)

16 March 2017
Pensions Advisory Service:  Ann Harris
Appointment without competition Ref 173 (PDF)

24 February 2017
The Youth Justice Board for England & Wales: Mr Charlie Taylor
Appointment without competition Ref 174 (PDF)

16 February 2017
North Middlesex University Hospitals NHS Trust: Mr Dusty Amroliwala OBE
Appointment without Competition Ref 171 (PDF)

14 February 2017
Sports Wales: Mr Lawrence Conway CB
Appointment without competition Ref 175 (PDF)