New Year Honours 2011
Alexander Edward BUCHAN OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“Lately Chief Executive Officer, Refugee Action. For services to Refugees.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Lately Chief Executive Officer, Refugee Action. For services to Refugees.
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“Lately Chief Executive Officer, Refugee Action. For services to Refugees.”
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“Lately Chief Executive Officer, Refugee Action. For services to Refugees.”
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 247 times in the New Year Honours List 2011 — about 25% of the list.
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1,264 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2011
Adrian Allen
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
South Yorkshire
“Commercial Director, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. For services to Industry in the Yorkshire and Humber Region.”
Adrian Coles
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Director-General, Building Societies Association. For services to the Financial Services Industry.”
Alastair Kent
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Cambridgeshire
“Director, Genetic Alliance UK. For services to Healthcare”
Alexander Frank Downie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Isle of Man
“For public service in the Isle of Man.”
Alexander Wright Maccormick
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Suffolk
“Grade B1, Ministry of Defence.”
Alice Chapman
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Belfast
“Director, Youth Conference Service, Youth Justice Agency, Department of Justice, Northern Ireland Executive.”
Alison Hadley
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Head of Teenage Pregnancy Unit, Department for Education.”
Alison Quant
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hampshire
“President, ADEPT (Assoication of Directors of Environment, Economy Planning and Transport). For services to Local Government”
Amanda Arianwen Cecilia Cottrell
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Kent
“For services to the community in Kent.”
Andrea Arnold
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Director. For services to the Film Industry.”
Andrew Digby Emson
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Nottinghamshire
“Superintendent Pharmacist, Boots The Chemist and Lately Chairman, Company Chemists' Association. For services to Healthcare.”
Andrew Ian Beeforth
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Cumbria
“Director, Cumbria Community Foundation. For services to the Voluntary Sector.”
Andrew Julian Goldberg
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hertfordshire
“Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust and Founder, Medical Futures Innovation Awards. For services to Medicine.”
Andrew Mark Weston
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Bristol
“Grade B2, Ministry of Defence.”
Andrew Martin Duffell
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Aylesford, Kent
“Chief Dealer, UK Debt Management Office, HM Treasury.”
Andrew Robert Colin Stephens
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hertfordshire
“Head of International Engagement and Board Secretary, British Library. For services to Scholarship.”
Ann Bates
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
East Sussex
“Deputy Chair and Rail Group Chair, Disabled Person's Transport Advisory Committee. For services to Disabled People.”
Ann Lennox
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For services to Oxfam.”
Ann Patricia Cutcliffe
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Para Equestrian Sport.”
Barbara Anne Ward
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Antrim
“Principal, Cross and Passion College, Ballycastle, County Antrim. For services to Education in Northern Ireland.”
Barbara Ross
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Norfolk
“For services to Gender Dysphoria.”
Brian Ambrose
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Down
“Chief Executive, George Best Belfast City Airport. For services to the Aviation Industry.”
Bruce Patrick Armstrong
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hampshire
“Consultant Nurse and Emergency Planning Officer, Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare.”
Burt Kwouk
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Actor. For services to Drama.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2011). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2010.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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