Birthday Honours 2023
Damian Hopkins CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Founder
“For services to the Retail Industry.”
Recognised for
Topics
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His 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:
Damian Andrew HOPKINS
Founder, The Radius Group
For services to the Retail Industry.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2023- Role at the time
- Founder
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- Bedford, Bedfordshire
“For services to the Retail Industry.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 103 times in the Birthday Honours List 2023 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
9 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Bedfordshire.
What organisation were they with?
Founder.
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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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 64082, notice 4378084. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2023).
Published 16 June 2023.
Location (Bedford, Bedfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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