New Year Honours 2020
Julie Lithgow OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Director
“For services to Diversity in the Maritime Sector.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Diversity in the Maritime Sector.
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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:
Julie Kamla LITHGOW
Director, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
For services to Diversity in the Maritime Sector.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Diversity in the Maritime Sector.”
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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?
Director.
How widely is this recognised?
2,109 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454959. 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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