New Year Honours 2020
Hannah Yusuf-george OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Deputy Director
“For public service.”
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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
28 December 2019
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Hannah Venetia YUSUF-GEORGE
Deputy Director, Customs and Borders, Department for Exiting the EU
For public service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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New Year Honours 2020- Role at the time
- Deputy Director
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- London, Greater London
“For public service.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 280 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 20% of the list.
In their area
866 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Deputy Director.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2020
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Adrian Gault
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“For services to the Environment and to Tackling Climate Change.”
Agnes Gillespie
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“For public service.”
Alan Digman
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“For services to Government Security and to Charity.”
Alan John Smith
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Co. Londonderry
“For services to Education.”
Alan Sherry
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Motherwell, Lanarkshire
“For services to Education.”
Alastair Gibbons
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Birmingham, West Midlands
“For services to Social Work.”
Alexander Williams
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London, Greater London
“For services to Economic and to Industrial Development.”
Ali Akbor
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Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to the community in Leeds.”
Alison Brenchley
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Wiltshire
“For services to Financial Services and to Diversity.”
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Environment and to Social Enterprise.”
Allyson Macvean
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“For services to Ethics in Policing.”
Andrea Pearson
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Hertfordshire
“For services to Transport.”
Andrew Brown
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St Albans, Hertfordshire
“For services to the Church.”
Andrew Browne
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Co. Down
“For services to victims and survivors of abuse.”
Andrew Donaldson
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Andrew Falvey
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Transport.”
Andrew Halls
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Andrew Jowett
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Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Education in Zambia.”
Andrew Leach
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Worcester, Worcestershire
“For services to General Practice.”
Andrew Neely
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Cambridgeshire
“For services to Research and to University/Industry Collaboration.”
Andrew Trotter
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London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Angela Hughes
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Dyfed
“For services to Emergency Air Service in Wales.”
Ann Francke
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London, Greater London
“For services to Workplace Equality.”
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Jack Emsley
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Stephen Davis
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London, Greater London
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Jane Sidebottom
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“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
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London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
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Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
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Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454883. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
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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