Birthday Honours 2015
Christopher Hole CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
“Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Music Group International. For services to the Music Industry.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Music Group International. For services to the Music Industry.
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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
13 June 2015
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Christopher Charles Maxim HOLE
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Music Group International
For services to the Music Industry.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61256 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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