Birthday Honours 2021
Catherine Bingham DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Chair
“For services to the Procurement, Manufacture and Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccines.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to the Procurement, Manufacture and Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccines.
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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:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Catherine Elizabeth BINGHAM
lately Chair, Vaccine Taskforce
For services to the Procurement, Manufacture and Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccines.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- London, Greater London
“For services to the Procurement, Manufacture and Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccines.”
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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 2021 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
80 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Chair.
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 2021
Andrea Leadsom
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Anne Richards
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Financial Services, to Women, to Education and to Science.”
Arlene Phillips
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Dance and to Charity.”
Caroline Macewen
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Longforgan, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Ophthalmology and Healthcare Leadership during the Covid-19 Response.”
Helen Atkinson
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Bedford, Bedfordshire
“For services to Engineering and to Education.”
Imogen Cooper
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Music.”
Margaret Hillier
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For Political and Parliamentary service.”
Maura Regan
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Sedgefield, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Phyllida Barlow
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Art.”
Prudence Margaret Leith
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire
“For services to Food, to Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Sandra Horley
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the Prevention of Domestic Abuse and to the Protection of Women and Children.”
Sara Llewellin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Social Justice.”
Sarah Gilbert
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Headington, Oxfordshire
“For services to Science and to Public Health in Covid Vaccine Development.”
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
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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
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3816714. 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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