Birthday Honours 2023
Annette King DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Chief Executive Officer
“Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Groupe UK. For services to Advertising and to the Creative Industries”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Groupe UK. For services to Advertising and to the Creative Industries
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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 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His 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 Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Annette KING
Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Groupe UK
For services to Advertising and to the Creative Industries.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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