
Birthday Honours 2020
Deborah O’neil OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Biotechnology, to Business and to Charity.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Biotechnology, to Business and to Charity.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
10 October 2020
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dr. Deborah Antoinette O’NEIL
Chief Executive Officer, Novabiotics Ltd
For services to Biotechnology, to Business and to Charity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2020- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer
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- Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Biotechnology, to Business and to Charity.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 260 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 15% of the list.
In their area
5 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Aberdeenshire.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
12,550 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Simon Wootton
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Diane Willson
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Bognor Regis, West Sussex
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Michael West
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Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
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Ruth Verner
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Antrim, County Antrim
“For services to the community in County Antrim.”
Christine Wheatley
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Haywards Heath, West Sussex
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Darren Ward
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John Turner
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Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Nicholas Ward
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Carnforth, Lancashire
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Craig Trail
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Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
“For services to the community in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.”
Jean Todd
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Windsor, Berkshire
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Donald Todd
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Windsor, Berkshire
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3646001. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
Location (Inverurie, Aberdeenshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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