New Year Honours 2020
Christine Hodgson CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chair • Capgemini UK and Chair
“For services to Education.”
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Topics
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Christine HODGSON
Chair, Capgemini UK and Chair, The Careers and Enterprise Company
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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New Year Honours 2020- Role at the time
- Chair, Capgemini UK and Chair
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 105 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 8% of the list.
In their area
447 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Chair, Capgemini UK and Chair.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454755. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
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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