New Year Honours 2022
Emily Lawson DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
lately Chief Commercial Officer
“Lately Chief Commercial Officer, NHS England and NHS Improvement. For services to the NHS, particularly during Covid-19”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Lately Chief Commercial Officer, NHS England and NHS Improvement. For services to the NHS, particularly during Covid-19
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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
01 January 2022
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:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Emily LAWSON
lately Chief Commercial Officer, NHS England and NHS Improvement
For services to the NHS, particularly during Covid-19.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63571 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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