Birthday Honours 2017
Mir Zahedi
Knight Bachelor
Technical Director
“Technical Director, Chas A Blatchford & Sons. For services to Engineering and Innovation.”
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Knight Bachelor
Technical Director, Chas A Blatchford & Sons. For services to Engineering and Innovation.
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Professor Mir Saeed ZAHEDI O.B.E.
Technical Director, Chas A Blatchford & Sons
For services to Engineering and Innovation.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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