Lyne raises the bar with civil service promotion
28 August 2012
Colin Lyne, a past CIPS president, has been appointed to the high-profile post of commercial director at the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
The commercial director's role is the first grade 3 appointment - equal to the former assistant secretary role - to be created for purchasing in central government.
Giving a procurement position such a senior status showed the government was serious about modernising public-sector procurement with the best business methods to make it deliver world-class services...