
New Year Honours 2011
Museji Ahmed TAKOLIA CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Diversity and to Equal Opportunities.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Diversity and to Equal Opportunities.
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“For services to Diversity and to Equal Opportunities.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 101 times in the New Year Honours List 2011 — about 10% of the list.
In their area
37 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Gloucestershire.
How widely is this recognised?
2,161 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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 2011
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Alison Jane Ward
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“Chief Executive,Torfaen County Borough Council. For services to Local Government.”
Allison Crompton
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“Headteacher, Middleton Technology School, Rochdale. For services to local and national Education.”
Amanda Rowlatt
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London
“Director of Analysis and Child Poverty, Department for Work and Pensions.”
Andrew Cole
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Clwyd
“Director Operations, Specialist Investigations, Bootle, Merseyside, HM Revenue and Customs.”
Angela Jane Frost
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London
“Director, Individual Customer Directorate, London, HM Revenue and Customs.”
Angiolina Foster
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Glasgow
“Director, Strategy and Ministerial Support, Scottish Government.”
Ann Tate
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Suffolk
“Lately Vice-Chancellor, University of Northampton. For services to Higher Education.”
Anthony Denis Kennan
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Durham
“Chairman, Multiple Sclerosis Society. For services to Healthcare.”
Arthur Torrington
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London
“Co-Founder, Equiano Society. For services to Black British Heritage.”
Brian Paul Whittaker
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Merseyside
“Chief Crown Prosecutor, Merseyside and Chairman, Cheshire and Mersey Group, Crown Prosecution Service.”
Carole Lesley Souter
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London
“Chief Executive, National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund. For services to Conservation.”
Christopher Colin Maclehose
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For services to the Publishing Industry.”
Christopher Samuel Gordon
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For services to the Academy of Culinary Arts.”
David Courtney Suchet
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London, London
“Actor. For services to Drama.”
David Stuart Frost
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London
“Director-General, British Chambers of Commerce. For services to Business.”
Diane Mary Roberts
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Isle of Wight
“Principal, Brockenhurst College, Hampshire. For services to Further Education.”
Donna Hall
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Lancashire
“Chief Executive, Chorley and Wyre Borough Councils. For services to Local Government in Lancashire.”
Dr Ambrose Joseph Smith
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Derbyshire
“Principal, Aquinas Sixth Form College, Stockport. For services to local and national Education.”
Dr Christopher Paul Hadley Brown
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Oxfordshire
“Director, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. For services to Museums.”
Dr David Wilson
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“Philanthropist. For services to Young People.”
Dr Dennis Gunning
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Cardiff
“Lately Director, Skills, Higher Education and Lifelong Learning Group, Welsh Assembly Government.”
Dr John Anthony Roberts
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London
“For services to the Administration of Justice, Diversity and to Equal Opportunities.”
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London, Greater London
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Jennifer Elizabeth Smyth
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Londonderry, County Londonderry
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Scott Rogers
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Saint Helens, Merseyside
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Mary Mitchell
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Jenny Ann McBRIEN
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Belfast, County Borough of Belfast
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Fiona Jayne Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
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Eleanor Sarah Guedalla
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London, Greater London
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David Green
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Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
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Claire Flowers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bangor, County Down
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Sharon Brown
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire
“Chief Executive, DIAL Barnsley. For services to Disabled People”
Maureen Bingham
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lydney, Gloucestershire
“Supply Chain, Defence Equipment and Support and Menopause Network Chair, Ministry of Defence. For services to Operational Delivery, Logistics and to Diversity and Inclusion”
Sharifa Begum
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Employment Adviser, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Women”
Claire Alleguen
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“Local Engagement Manager and Chair of OUTbound Network, Transport for London. For services to Diversity and Inclusion”
Simeon John Yates
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“Professor of Digital Culture, University of Liverpool. For services to Digital Inclusion.”
Hollie Whittles
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Telford, Shropshire
“Founder and Director, Purple Frog Systems and Fraggleworks. For services to Women in Business”
Emma Whitfield
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Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
“Member, National Autistic Society. For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities”
Claire Vincent
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Bangor, County Down
“Deputy Director Marine and Fisheries Division, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. For services to Marine Science and to Women in Science”
Wilhelmina Tokcumboh Smallman
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Birchington, Kent
“Lately Archdeacon of Southend and Campaigner. For services to Social Justice and to Women's Safety”
Clive Smith
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Cannock, Staffordshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2011). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2010.
Location (Gloucestershire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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