New Year Honours 2020
Christopher Rea CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Founder and Managing Director
“For services to Business, to Innovation and to Exports.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Business, to Innovation and to Exports.
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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:
Christopher John REA O.B.E. D.L.
Founder and Managing Director, AES Engineering Limited
For services to Business, to Innovation and to Exports.
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
- Founder and Managing Director
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- Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Business, to Innovation and to Exports.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 111 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 8% of the list.
In their area
10 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from South Yorkshire.
What organisation were they with?
Founder and Managing Director.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454782. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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