New Year Honours 2018
Alan Thorpe Richard Wood
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lately Corporate Director
“Lately Corporate Director, Children and Young PeopleÕs Services, London Borough of Hackney. For services to ChildrenÕs Social Care and Education.”
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Lately Corporate Director, Children and Young PeopleÕs Services, London Borough of Hackney. For services to ChildrenÕs Social Care and Education.
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Alan Thorpe Richard WOOD C.B.E.
lately Corporate Director, Children and Young People’s Services, London Borough of Hackney
For services to Children’s Social Care and Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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