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David Rowlands is a former senior UK civil servant
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David Rowlands is a former senior UK civil servant, now working in the private sector.
:The Sunday Telegraph has revealed that the Government has quashed attempts by [[BAA]] to hand a lucrative directorship to Sir David Rowlands, a former civil servant who played a key role in directing airport policy. Sir David, who spent four years as the permanent secretary of the [[Department for Transport]] before retiring last May, is understood to have been offered a role as non-executive director. Sources close to Downing Street said he had accepted the post in principle before the [[Advisory Committee on Business Appointments]] recommended against the move because of its political sensitivity.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/04/28/cnbaa128.xml Row over 'lobbying by BAA employee'] The Sunday Telegraph, 29/4/2008</ref>
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:the Government has quashed attempts by [[BAA]] to hand a lucrative directorship to Sir David Rowlands, a former civil servant who played a key role in directing airport policy. Sir David, who spent four years as the permanent secretary of the [[Department for Transport]] before retiring last May, is understood to have been offered a role as non-executive director. Sources close to Downing Street said he had accepted the post in principle before the [[Advisory Committee on Business Appointments]] recommended against the move because of its political sensitivity.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/04/28/cnbaa128.xml Row over 'lobbying by BAA employee'] The Sunday Telegraph, 29/4/2008</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==

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David Rowlands is a former senior UK civil servant, now working in the private sector. In 2008 the Sunday Telegraph revealed that

the Government has quashed attempts by BAA to hand a lucrative directorship to Sir David Rowlands, a former civil servant who played a key role in directing airport policy. Sir David, who spent four years as the permanent secretary of the Department for Transport before retiring last May, is understood to have been offered a role as non-executive director. Sources close to Downing Street said he had accepted the post in principle before the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments recommended against the move because of its political sensitivity.[1]

Affiliations

  • Member of Advisory Panel, Xansa plc, November 2007-2008.[2] Approved by ACOBA "subject to the condition that, for 12 months from his last day of service, he should not become personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or officials on behalf of his new employer"[3]

Given "unconditional approval" by ACOBA to take up the roles of:

Notes

  1. Row over 'lobbying by BAA employee' The Sunday Telegraph, 29/4/2008
  2. David Rowlands Debretts, accessed 7 November 2014
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Ninth Report 2006-2008 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 7 November 2014
  4. Plan for inquiry into A12 problem BBC, 15 February 2008, accessed 7 November 2014
  5. 5.0 5.1 Tenth Report 2008-2009 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 25 November 2014