Birthday Honours 2020
Karen Bennett CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive Officer
“For services to the Credit Union Sector and to Financial Inclusion.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to the Credit Union Sector and to Financial Inclusion.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
10 October 2020
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:
Karen BENNETT
Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Credit Union
For services to the Credit Union Sector and to Financial Inclusion.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2020- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer
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- Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to the Credit Union Sector and to Financial Inclusion.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 113 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 6% of the list.
In their area
9 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Merseyside.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer.
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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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3645732. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
Location (Liverpool, Merseyside) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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