New Year Honours 2025
Daniela Denis-smith OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Women in the Legal Profession.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Women in the Legal Profession.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Daniela Luminita DENIS-SMITH
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Obelisk Support
For services to Women in the Legal Profession.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Women in the Legal Profession.”
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 288 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 19% of the list.
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841 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4783043. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
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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