Birthday Honours 2021
Bernadette Thompson OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Deputy Director • People
Organisation: People
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
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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
12 June 2021
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Bernadette June Emitayo THOMPSON
Deputy Director, People, Capability and Change, Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government
For services to Diversity and Inclusion.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Deputy Director, People
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 267 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 18% of the list.
In their area
866 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Deputy Director, People.
How widely is this recognised?
2,109 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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“For services to Music and Music Production.”
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“For services to Law Enforcement.”
Alexander Bruce
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“For services to Charity.”
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Woking, Surrey
“For services to Education.”
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Oldham, Greater Manchester
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Alexia Quin
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London, Greater London
“For services to Music Therapy.”
Alison Brown
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“For voluntary service to Veterans.”
Alison Daniels
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“For services to British foreign policy.”
Alison Holmes
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London, Greater London
“For services to Medicine and Infectious Diseases particularly during Covid-19.”
Allan Bennett
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Salisbury, Wiltshire
“For services to Microbiology in the Covid-19 Response.”
Alyson King
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“For services to British foreign policy.”
Amanda Leach
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Living Abroad
“For services to Medical Science and the Covid-19 Response.”
Andrea Siodmok
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“For Public Service.”
Andrew Coe
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Andrew Horlock
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Andrew Jennings
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London, Greater London
“For services to International Trade, to Fashion and to Retail.”
Andrew Kerr
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Musselburgh, East Lothian
“For services to the Public Sector.”
Andrew Tilden
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Winscome, Somerset
“For services to Social Work.”
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Christopher Symes
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Ellesmere, Shropshire
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Scott Rogers
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Saint Helens, Merseyside
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Claire Flowers
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Bangor, County Down
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Sharon Brown
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire
“For services to Disabled People.”
Hollie Whittles
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Emma Whitfield
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“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
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“For services to Charity and to Disabled People.”
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London, Greater London
“For services to Disabled People and to the community in Bexley.”
Diane Redfern
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Slough, Berkshire
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Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
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Nadia Khan
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Imran Hafeez
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Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Literacy Development and Social Inclusion in Bradford, West Yorkshire.”
Pamela Garbett
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Foster Care and to Children with Disabilities and their Families.”
John Garbett
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Foster Care and to Children with Disabilities and their Families.”
Helene Martin Gee
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Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Douglas Bott
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Disabled People.”
Olubukola Babajide
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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Technology, to Business and to Inclusion.”
Kristian Barnfield-guest
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York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Chenelle Ansah
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London, Greater London
“For services to Investment, to Women in Business and to Charity.”
Yasmin Khan
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Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
“For services to Ending Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Women.”
Diana Brightmore-armour
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women and Diversity in Financial Services.”
Martin Coppack
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Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Social Equality and Inclusion.”
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“For services to Children with Disabilities in Lesotho.”
Source & provenance
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3817830. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Location (London, Greater 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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