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.

2019/20

Date Approved	Department	Body	Role	Name	Appointment Length	Reason	Decision Letter/ Email
13 March 2020	MOD	Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons (SACMILL)	Chair	Classified	2 years	To allow for competition to take place	Letter
5 March 2020	DHSC	NICE	Chair	Tim Irish	2 months extension	To allow for competition to begin	Email
5 March 2020	NHSI	Pennine Acute Hospital Trust	Member	Stephen Michael	12 months	Trust is being dissolved and requires members during this time	Email
2 March 2020	Home Office	Migration Advisory Committee	Chair	Brian Bell	6 months	To allow for competition to take place	Email
19 February 2020	DfT	East West Railway Company	Chair	Rob Brighouse	6 months extension	To allow for competition to take place	Letter
12 February 2020	MOJ	CAFCASS	Chair	Sally Cheshire	6 months	To allow for competition to take place	Email
11 February 2020	Home Office	College of Policing	Chair	Christine Elliot	6 months	To allow for competition to take place	Email
5 February 2020	MOD	The South Eastern (SE) Veteran Advisory and Pensions Committee	Chair	David Anderson	6 months	To allow for competition to take place	Email
3 February 2020	DFE	Student Loans Company	Chair	Andrew Wathey	12 months	To allow competition initially delayed by purdah to take place	Email
14 January 2020	BEIS	Small Business Commissioner	Commissioner	Philip King	6 months	Interim whilst a competition can be held to find a substantive chair	Letter
11 December 2019	DHSC	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence	Chair	Tim Irish	3 months	To allow for competition	Email
9 December 2019	DEFRA	Covent Garden Market Authority	Member	Victoria Wilson	9 months	To support existing members while competition to appoint substantive members is run	Letter
25 November 2019	WG	Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales	Chair	Debbie Williams	2 years	Following failed competition	Letter
13 November 2019	WG	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Chair	Emma Woollett	1 month extension	To allow for competition	Email
13 November 2019	DCMS	S4C	Chair	Hugh Hesketh-Evans	6 months	To allow competition to conclude	Letter
12 November 2019	DCMS	National Lottery Heritage Fund	Chair	René Olivieri	6 months	Following resignation of existing Chair	Letter
12 November 2019	DCMS	National Lottery Community Fund	Chair	Tony Burton	12 months	Following failed competition	Letter
22 October 2019	MHCLG	Homes England	Chair	Simon Dudley	9 months	Following resignation of existing Chair	Letter
20 September 2019 and 13 October 2019	WG	National Library Wales	President	Meri Huws	6 months	To allow for competition following standing down of existing President due to ill health	Email
18 September 2019	WG	Cardiff and Vale University Health Board	Vice-Chair	Michael Imperato	10 months	To support existing interim Chair while competition to appoint substantive Chair is run	Email
17 September 2019	MOJ	Judicial Pension Board	Member	Russell Agius	2 year reappointment	To allow for competition for highly specialist role	Email
16 September 2019	DHSC	NHS England	Member	Ara Darzi	2 years	To ensure board remains quorate	Email
09 September 2019	NHSI	Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust	Member	Aruna Mehta	3 months	To provide stability to new Chair of the board	Email
29 August 2019	MHCLG	Regulator of Social Housing	Chair	Simon Dow	12 months	Following failed competiton
23 August 2019	DWP	Social Security Advisory Committee	Chair	Liz Sayce	12 months	Following the resignation of the existing Chair	Email
14 August 2019	WG	Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales	Chair	Ceri Stradling	3 months	While long term interim Chair is identified	Letter
06 August 2019	WG	Swansea Bay University Health Board	Vice-Chair	Martyn Waygood	8 months	To allow for competition	Letter
31 July 2019	WG	Cardiff and Vale University Health Board	Chair	Charles Janczewski	12 months	To allow for competition	Letter
24 July 2019	DWP	The Pensions Ombudsman	Chair	Caroline Rookes	12 months	To allow board to be formed	Letter
22 July 2019	WG	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Vice-Chair	Paul Newman	1 month extension	Newly appointed Chair unable to take up post	Letter
22 July 2019	WG	Hywel Dda University Health Board	Chair	Judith Hardisty	1 month extension	Newly appointed Chair unable to take up post	Letter
22 July 2019	MOD	Nuclear Defence Safety Committee	Chair	Classified	Classified	Classified	Classified
08 July 2019	BEIS	Labour Market Enforcement	Director	Matthew Taylor	12 months	To prevent vacancy on board	Letter
11 June 2019	WG	Swansea Bay Local University Health Board	Chair	Emma Woollett	6 months	To allow for competition	Email
31 May 2019	WG	Hywel DDA University Health Board	Chair	Judith Hardisty	2 month extension	Competition delayed	Email
31 May 2019	WG	Hywel DDA University Health Board	Vice-Chair	Paul Newman	2 month extension	Competition delayed	Email
08 April 2019	WG	Hywel DDA University Health Board	Vice-Chair	Paul Newman	2 months	To allow for competition	Letter

2018/19

Date Approved	Department	Body	Role	Name	Appointment Length	Reason	Decision Letter/ Email
05 March 2019	WG	Hywel DDA University Health Board	Chair	Judith Hardisty	3 months	To allow for competiton	Letter
04 March 2019	Home Office	Disclosure and Barring Service	Member	David Banks	12 months	To allow for competition	Email
27 February 2019	DCMS	Royal Armouries	Chair	Hemant Patel	6 month extension	To allow for competition	Email
26 February 2019	NHSI	Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust	NED	Tim Crowley	12 months	While Trust is dissolved	Email
26 February 2019	NHSI	Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust	NED	Hamish Stedman	12 months	While Trust is dissolved	Email
26 February 2019	BEIS	Innovate UK	Chair	Ian Campbell	9 month extension	To allow for competition	Email
19 February 2019	NHSI	Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust	NED	John Willis	2 month extension	To sign off annual report and accounts	Email
19 February 2019	NHSI	Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust	Chair	Jim Potter	12 months	While Trust is dissolved	Email
15 February 2019	DHSC	Human Tissue Authority	Chair	Bill Horne	5 month extension	To allow for competition	Email
17 January 2019	WG	Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales	Chair	Catherine Hardman	3 months	To allow for competition	Letter
10 January 2019	DHSC	Human Tissue Authority	Chair	Bill Horne	3 months	Following the resignation of the existing Chair	Email
23 November 2018	BEIS	Science and Technology Facilities Council	Chair	John Loughead	12 months	While organisation is merged	Email
19 November 2018	MHCLG	Building Regulations Advisory Committee	Chair	Emma Clancy	18 months	Provide stability to board	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	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)