Birthday Honours 2022
Geoffrey De Bois CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chair • VisitEngland Advisory Board
“For services to Tourism and to the Economy.”
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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
02 June 2022
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Geoffrey Nicholas DE BOIS
Chair, VisitEngland Advisory Board
For services to Tourism and to the Economy.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63714 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2022- Role at the time
- Chair, VisitEngland Advisory Board
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- Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
“For services to Tourism and to the Economy.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 95 times in the Birthday Honours List 2022 — about 6% of the list.
In their area
36 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Hertfordshire.
What organisation were they with?
Chair, VisitEngland Advisory Board.
How widely is this recognised?
3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Natalie Wade
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“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
Erica Maxwell
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Dungannon, County Tyrone
“For services to the Economy and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
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“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
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Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
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Isle of Uist, Western Isles
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Tina Barton
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Shaftesbury, Dorset
“For services to Science and to Trade.”
Ronjon Nag
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“For services to Entrepreneurship and to Artificial Intelligence.”
Lance Uggla
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“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
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London, Greater London
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Gary Stevens
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Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Richard Scaife
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing.”
Becky Ruddy
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Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
Pino De Rosa
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
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Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
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Crewe, Cheshire
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63714, notice 4084059. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2022).
Published 1 June 2022.
Location (Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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