New Year Honours 2024
Amanda Blanc DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Group Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Business, to Gender Equality and to Net-Zero.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to Business, to Gender Equality and to Net-Zero.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Amanda Jayne BLANC
Group Chief Executive Officer, Aviva
For services to Business, to Gender Equality and to Net-Zero.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Group Chief Executive Officer
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- Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Business, to Gender Equality and to Net-Zero.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 15 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
4 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Buckinghamshire.
What organisation were they with?
Group Chief Executive Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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Felicity Dahl
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“For services to Philanthropy, to Literature and to Young People.”
Jilly Cooper
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“For services to Literature and to Charity.”
Judith Weir
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Margaret Aderin
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“For services to Science Education and to Diversity.”
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Ruth Miskin
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“For services to Education.”
Siobhain Mcdonagh
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London, Greater London
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Sonia Boyce
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Deborah Wosskow
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London, Greater London
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Natalie Wade
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London, Greater London
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Wendy Carlin
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
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Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Hannah Bernard
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Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and Access to Finance for Women.”
Raymond Pritchard
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Lorna Williams
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Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
Erica Maxwell
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Dungannon, County Tyrone
“For services to the Economy and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
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Ernest Fallowfield
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Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
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Isabella Cameron
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Tina Barton
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“For services to Science and to Trade.”
Ronjon Nag
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Lance Uggla
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“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
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Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Richard Scaife
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing.”
Becky Ruddy
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Thurso, Caithness
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Pino De Rosa
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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Nadeem Rizvi
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Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
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Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
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Where this record comes from
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4519982. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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