New Year Honours 2008
Jonathan Watson Hargreaves CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive • Scottish Water
Organisation: Scottish Water
“For services to the Water Industry.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2008
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Northumberland
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2008- Role at the time
- Chief Executive, Scottish Water
- Region
- Northumberland
“For services to the Water Industry.”
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“For services to the Water Industry.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 105 times in the New Year Honours List 2008 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive, Scottish Water.
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 New Year Honours 2008
Alan Douglas Garwood
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Alex Linkston
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West Lothian
“For services to Local Government.”
Alexander Andrew Flockhart
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“For services to British business and charitable interests in Mexico.”
Allan Edward Cook
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Dorset
“For services to the Defence and Aerospace Industries.”
Andrew Cameron
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Ayrshire
“For services to the Police.”
Andrew Stephen Warde
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Angela Isabella Agnes Lennox
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Leicestershire
“For services to Healthcare.”
Angela Mary Bernstein of Craigweil
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London
“For services to the Arts.”
Angela Mason
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London
“for Communities and Local Government.”
Ann Denise Hogbin
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London
“for England.”
Ann Judith Lloyd
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Gloucestershire
Anthony Gordon Douglas
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London
“For services to Family Justice and to Adoption.”
Bill Kirkup
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Tyne and Wear
Director General
Bishop Charles Caruana
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“For charitable services in Gibraltar.”
Brendan Foster
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Northumberland
“For services to Sport.”
Brian Geoffrey Spratt of Molecular Microbiology
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Oxfordshire
“For services to Science.”
Brian Henry Leonard
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London
“for Culture, Media and Sport.”
Brian Woods-Scawen
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Warwickshire
“For services to Business and to the community in the West Midlands.”
Bronwen Mary Curtis
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Northamptonshire
“For services to the community.”
Bruce Nicholas Bromley Williams
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Carolyn Jane Stait
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Charles Robert Saumarez Smith
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London
“For services to Art.”
Christine Braddock
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Worcestershire
“For services to Further Education.”
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Deborah Wosskow
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London, Greater London
“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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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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Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2008).
Published 29 December 2007.
Location (Northumberland) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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