Birthday Honours 2017
Angela Strank DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For services to the Oil and Gas Industry and Encouraging Women into STEM Careers.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to the Oil and Gas Industry and Encouraging Women into STEM Careers.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, 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 Knights Grand Cross of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dr Angela Rosemary Emily STRANK
Chief Scientist and Head of Downstream Technology, BP
For services to the Oil and Gas Industry and Encouraging Women into STEM Careers.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the Oil and Gas Industry and Encouraging Women into STEM Careers.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 14 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 1% of the list.
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
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2017
Barbara Frost
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
“For services to the provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene in developing countries.”
Carmen Callil
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For services to Literature.”
Carolyn Hamilton
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For services to Children’s Rights.”
Helena Louise Morrissey
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For services to Diversity in Financial Services.”
Hilary Boulding
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Monmouthshire
“For services to Education and Culture in Wales.”
Julie Walters
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
West Sussex
“For services to Drama.”
June Whitfield
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For services to Drama and Entertainment.”
Olivia Havilland
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
“For services to Drama.”
Parveen Kumar, (mrs. Leaver)
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Surrey
“For services to Medicine and Medical Education.”
Priscilla Snowball
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London
“For services to Advertising, Diversity and Equality.”
Sarah Patricia Connolly
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Gloucestershire
“For services to Music.”
Theresa Marteau
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Public Health.”
Xiangqian Jiang
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
West Yorkshire
“For services to Engineering and Manufacturing.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Andrew James Simpson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
“For services to Social Enterprise.”
Deborah Wosskow
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Hannah Bernard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and Access to Finance for Women.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
Erica Maxwell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dungannon, County Tyrone
“For services to the Economy and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Isabella Cameron
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Isle of Uist, Western Isles
“For services to Hospitality and to the Rural Economy in South Uist.”
Tina Barton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shaftesbury, Dorset
“For services to Science and to Trade.”
Ronjon Nag
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Entrepreneurship and to Artificial Intelligence.”
Lance Uggla
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Richard Scaife
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing.”
Becky Ruddy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
Pino De Rosa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804108. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 16 June 2017.
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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