
New Year Honours 2017
Barry Lowry OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Director • IS Shared Services and Strategy
“For services to Government Services and the IT Industry in Northern Ireland.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Government Services and the IT Industry in Northern Ireland.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2016
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
Barry Martyn LOWRY
Director, IS Shared Services and Strategy, Northern Ireland Executive
For services to Government Services and the IT Industry in Northern Ireland.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Down
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“For services to Government Services and the IT Industry in Northern Ireland.”
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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 2017 — about 18% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director, IS Shared Services and Strategy.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2673843. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 30 December 2016.
Location (Down) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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