2020/21 Exceptions at and above Payband 2

Exceptions at and above the Payband 2 level require the prior approval of the Commission. This page provides details of Exceptions approved by the Commission at or above the Payband 2 threshold (or equivalent).

Department Grade Job Title Exception Used Appointment Length Name
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs PB2 Senior Responsible Officer, Service Delivery Cluster, Shared Services 1 6 months Mark Ashton
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director of Test and Trace NHS COVID-19 Application 1 6 months Sarah Harvey
Cabinet Office PB2 Expert Adviser on Health (NHS Transformation & Social Care Delivery) 1 18 months Samantha Jones
Department for International Trade PB2 Industrial Policy Lead 3 12 months Ian Draper
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief Social Worker 3 4 months Francis Leddra
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director of Trace, T&T 3 1 months Steve McManus
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief of Staff to Dido Harding 3 3 months Raghuv Bhasin
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office PB2 Chief Scientific Advisor 3 96 months Charlotte Watts
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Site Director, Leamington Spa Megalab 1 18 months Rob Howes
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Independent Advisor for Plasma for Fractionation 3 7 months Chris Townsend
Government Commercial Function PB2 Commercial Director – NHS Test and Trace 1 7 months Corrine Lagarde
Government Commercial Function PB2 Senior Commercial Specialists – Commercial Director NHS Test and Trace
COVID-19 Response
1 13 months David Mottashed
Government Commercial Function PB2 Senior Commercial Specialists – Commercial Director NHS Test and Trace
COVID-19 Response
1 13 months Sarah-Jane Ellis
Government Commercial Function PB2 Commercial Specialists – NHS Test and Trace COVID-19 Response 1 14 months Paul Rushton
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief People Officer 1 11 months Faran Johnson
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs PB2 Construction Director: National Science Capability In Animal Health (NSCAH) Programme 1 6 months John Downey
Defence Equipment and Support PB2 Director, Project LEITH 5 6 months Tim Rowntree
Scottish Government PB2 Director of Health & Social Care Integration 1 24 months David Williams
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy PB2 Advisor 3 9 months Stuart Carroll
Competition and Markets Authority PB2 Legal Advisor 3 2 months Nick Beresford
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director of Surveillance 1 15 months John Hatwell
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs PB2 Head of Northern Ireland Delivery 1 9 months Mark Sautereau
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director of Test and Trace, COVID-19 Task Force 1 12 months Oliver Munn
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director of Health and Social Care, COVID-19 Task Force 1 11 months Sapana Agrawal
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy PB2 Chief Nuclear Scientific Adviser 3 24 months Adrian Simper
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Head of Strategy and Engagement, Contain 3 11 months Gina Naguib-Roberts
Public Health England PB2 Consultant in Health Protection 1 9 months Alexander Stewart
Health and Safety Executive PB2 Author, Impact analysis of COVID19 in the workplace 5 5 months David Snowball
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government PB2 Director of Communications 3 6 months David Holdstock
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs PB2 Interim CEO for the Office of Environmental Protection 1 11 months Natalie Prosser
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Community Testing Policy Director 3 1 months Richard Cornish
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief People Officer 1 10 months Gareth Williams
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Testing Divisional Director 1 12 months Jason Holt
Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency PB2 Director of Transformation 1 6 months Davinder Virdi
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Vaccine Call Centre Director 1 3 months Haroona Franklin
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief Social Worker 3 8 months Mark Harvey
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief Social Worker 3 4 months Francis Leddra
Cabinet Office PB2 Whole Life Assets Management Lead 3 12 months Trevor Globe
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director for Adult Social Care 1 6 months Jane Cummings
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Deputy Divisional Testing Director 1 8 months Mark Hewlett
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Head of Operational Capacity 3 6 months Josie Rudman
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director for Point of Care 3 4 months Andy Hardy
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief of Staff 3 3 months Rhaguv Bhasin
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Vaccination Programme Head 3 4 months Katie Norton
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care 3 6 months Deborah Sturdy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy PB2 Deputy Chair Vaccine Taskforce 3 6 months Clive Dix
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chair, Adult Social Care Taskforce 1 6 months David Pearson
HM Revenue and Customs PB2 Head of Technology Platform Services 1 6 months Maurice Mattholie
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Group Directors of Communications 1 12 months Shane O'Riordain
Cabinet Office PB2 CO COVID-19 Task Force Director of Health and Social Care 1 11 months Sapana Agrawal
Cabinet Office PB2 CO COVID-19 Task Force Director of Test and Trace 1 12 months Oliver Munn
Home Office PB2 Senior Policing Expert, Resilience and Civil Contingencies 3 5 months Paul Netherton
HM Treasury PB2 Director of Econimcs 3 24 months James Benford
Cabinet Office PB2 Executive Director Office for Investment 1 12 months Dan Grieve
OFGEM PB2 Deputy Director, Security, Privacy and Resilience 1 11 months Stuart Okin
Public Health England PB2 Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) 3 24 months Natalie Forest
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief Nurse 1 3 months Eamon Sullivan
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Independent Advisor 3 7 months Chris Townsend
Government Commercial Function PB2 Senior Commercial Specialist 1 7 months David Mottashed
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Test and Trace – Director for Lateral Flow Tests 1 12 months Yvette Coldicott
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office PB2 Policy Advisor to the Foreign Secretary 5 12 months Stefan Dercon
Government Commercial Function PB2 Commercial Director NHS Test and Trace 1 7 months Kevin Bates
Government Commercial Function PB2 Commercial Director NHS Test and Trace 1 7 months Sarah Ellis
Government Commercial Function PB2 Commercial Director NHS Test and Trace 1 7 months Corinne Legarde
Government Commercial Function PB2 Commercial Director NHS Test and Trace 1 7 months Kevin Pritchard
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief Operating Officer for Testing 1 12 months Mark Hewlett
Cabinet Office PB2 Senior Advisor to UK COP Presidency 3 19 months Pete Betts
Scottish Government PB2 Chief Medical Officer 3 3 months Gregor Smith
Cabinet Office PB2 Director of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs 1 6 months David Richmond
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director of Laboratories 1 12 months Anna Dominiczak
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Advisor 3 4 months Tristan Clarke
Department for International Trade PB2 Volunteer 1 4 months Mark Pearson
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs PB2 Interim Director, DDTS Europe and Trade Delivery Portfolio 1 8 months Mark Sautereau
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy PB2 Director of Implementation 1 12 months Simon Hulme
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Contain Director 3 6 months Steve McManus
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief Information Officer 1 13 months Simon Bolton
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief Information Security Officer 1 13 months Phil Huggins
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief Operating Officer 1 7 months David Pitt
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief Data Officer 1 13 months Dajit Rehal
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief People Officer 1 10 months Gareth Williams
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief Customer Occier Test & Trace 1 12 months Ben Stimson
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Test and Trace – Contain Divisional Director 3 9 months Carolyn Wilkins
Government Commercial Function PB2 PPE Sourcing Director - Covid-19 Response 1 9 months JJ Van der Meer
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director of Supply Operations 3 7 months Neil Maloney
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief Legal Office TTP 1 6 months Dan Toner
Department for Transport PB2 Head of DfT Acceleration Unit 1 24 months Darren Shirley
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Tracing Operations and Service Delivery Director 1 6 months Haroona Franklin
HM Treasury PB2 Policy Director – No 10 & HM Treasury Health and Care Taskforce 3 4 months Adrian Masters
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director of Supplies, Labs and Innovation 1 7 months Emma Stanton
Department for Transport PB2 Covid Response 5 3 months Brian Etheridge
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director of JBC Strategy 3 7 months James Benford
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chair, Adult Social Care Taskforce 1 6 months David Pearson
HM Revenue and Customs PB2 HR Director, Operations 1 5 months Lynette Eastman
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Head of Evaluation, Test and Trace Programme 3 7 months Matt Barnard
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 National Director, Track and Trace Programme 3 6 months Suzanne Rankin
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy PB2 of Deputy Chair Vaccine Taskforce 3 7 months Clive Dix
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Managing Director for NHS Covid-19 App 3 7 months Simon Duffy Thompson
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director of Surveillance Testing 1 7 months John Hatwell
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Certification Lead 3 8 months Mark Bailie
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Trace and Support Strategy Advisor 1 8 months John Metcalfe
Government Commercial Function PB2 Commercial Specialist - Covid-19 Response 1 8 months Paul Male
Government Commercial Function PB2 Associate Commercial Specialist - Covid-19 1 8 months Leonore Ogilvy
Government Statistical Service PB2 Technology Director 1 12 months Mark Thompson
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director for Adult Social Care 1 8 months Jane Cummings
Government Commercial Function PB2 Commercial Specialist, Covid-19 response 1 3 months Julie McGowan
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Tracing and Support Team 1 8 months Ian Cameron
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director of Supply Operations 3 9 months Sam Roberts
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Advisor to Laboratories 3 8 months Ian Fry
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Delivery Director 3 8 months Nicky Murphy
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief People Officer 3 8 months Cathryn Richardson
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 SRO for Tracing and Support - Covid-19 3 8 months Tom Riordan
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief of Staff to the Executive Chair of the Test, Trace and Track
Programme
3 8 months Raghuz Bhasin
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 SRO for Testing - Covid-19 3 8 months Sarah-Jayne Marsh
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Director 1 8 months Alex Cooper
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Advisor to Executive Chair 1 8 months Alexandra Birtle
Department of Health and Social Care PB2 Chief Operating Officer for Test, Track, Trace 3 8 months Tony Prestedge
HM Revenue and Customs PB2 Director of Future Borders 1 10 months Haroona Franklin
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs PB2 Construction Director 1 12 months John Downey
Department for International Trade PB2 International Procurement of Medical Supplies and PPE 5 6 months Crispin Simon
Department for International Trade PB2 CYBER SECURITY AMBASSADOR 4 12 months Henry Pearson
Public Health England PB3 Chief Executive 1 9 months Michael Brodie
OFQUAL PB3 Chief Regulator 1 8 months Simon Lebus
Ministry of Defence PB3 Chief Executive Defence Infrastructure Organisation 1 12 months Graham Dalton
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy PB3 DG Vaccine Taskforce 3 17 months Madelaine McTernan
Public Health England PB3 Interim Chief Executive 3 8 months Michael Brodie
HM Treasury PB3 Director General 3 12 months Katharine Braddick
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy PB3 COVID-19 vaccination programme lead 3 12 months Nick Elliot
Office for National Statistics PERM SEC National Statistician 1 3 months Ian Diamond
Cabinet Office PERM SEC COVID Coordination 3 5 months Simon Case
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