New Year Honours 2020
Alison Brenchley OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Group Director
“For services to Financial Services and to Diversity.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Financial Services and to Diversity.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Alison Jane Robb BRENCHLEY
Group Director, Nationwide Building Society
For services to Financial Services and to Diversity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Wiltshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2020- Role at the time
- Group Director
- Region
- Wiltshire
“For services to Financial Services and to Diversity.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 262 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 19% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Group Director.
How widely is this recognised?
1,958 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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London, Greater London
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Claire Alleguen
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Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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Telford, Shropshire
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Emma Whitfield
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Claire Vincent
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Clive Smith
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Cannock, Staffordshire
“For voluntary services to Disabled Riders.”
Ronald Sawford
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Kettering, Northamptonshire
“For services to Charity and to Disabled People.”
Karen Salter (kay Salter)
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London, Greater London
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Thurso, Caithness
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454859. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Wiltshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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