Birthday Honours 2001
George Bernard Kessler CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Deputy Chair • London TEC Council
“For services to Skills and Business Development.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Skills and Business Development.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2001- Role at the time
- Deputy Chair, London TEC Council
“For services to Skills and Business Development.”
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“For services to Skills and Business Development.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 122 times in the Birthday Honours List 2001 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Deputy Chair, London TEC Council.
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.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2001
Alan Watson
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“for Administration.”
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“For services to Education.”
Alastair David Lyons
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“For services to the Department of Social Security.”
Albray Victor Butterfield
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“For services to the community, Providenciales.”
Anthony Francis Pryor
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“For services to the Defence Industry.”
Anthony Minghella
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“For services to Film Drama.”
Anthony William King-Harman
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late Royal Regiment of Artillery
Barry Andrew Louis Goldman
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Royal Navy
Beno Bartholomew Tomon Boeha
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“For services to higher education and research.”
Brian James Jerstice
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Royal Air Force
Cary Lynn Cooper
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“For services to Health and Safety.”
Charles Tomlinson
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Poet
Christopher Frank Carandini Lee
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“For services to Drama.”
Christopher Gray Lewis
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lately Head
Christopher John Nicholls
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“For services to Education.”
Christopher Richard Ivory
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“For services to Training.”
Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food
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Cynthia Ruth Butlin
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“For services to the eradication of leprosy in India and Nepal.”
David Acland
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“For services to Maritime Safety.”
David Bailey
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“For services to Art.”
David Charles Green
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“For services to Transport.”
David Gilroy
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David Harold Jones
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“For services to the Electricity Supply Industry.”
David James Bills
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“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
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Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Raymond Pritchard
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“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
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Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
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Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
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Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
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Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
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
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
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Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pino De Rosa
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
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Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
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Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
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Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
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Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
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Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Louise Ellis-frankland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Skipton, North Yorkshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Sector and to Employee Well-Being.”
George Fleming
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2001
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2001 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 16 June 2001.
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