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Neil O’connor CB

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Director • Fire

Companion of the Order of the Bath · 2024

“For services to Building Safety.”

Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2016

“For services to Fire Safety and Flood Resilience.”

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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

New Year Honours List 2024

For services to Building Safety.

View London Gazette notice ↗
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) ribbon

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

New Year Honours List 2016

For services to Fire Safety and Flood Resilience.

View London Gazette notice ↗

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London Gazette notice

Order of the Bath

Civil Division

Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood

St. James’s Palace, London SW1

30 December 2023

THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotion in, and appointments to, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath:

C.B.

To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order:

Neil Brendan O’CONNOR C.B.E.

lately Director, Building Safety Programme, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

For services to Building Safety.

Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0

London Gazette notice

Order of the British Empire

Civil Division

Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood

St. James’s Palace, London SW1

31 December 2015

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:

C.B.E.

To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:

Neil O’CONNOR

Director, Fire, Resilience and Emergencies, Department for Communities and Local Government

For services to Fire Safety and Flood Resilience.

Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0

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Hertfordshire

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  1. Commander of the Order of the British Empire

    New Year Honours 2016
    Role at the time
    Director, Fire
    Region
    Hertfordshire
    “For services to Fire Safety and Flood Resilience.”

  2. Companion of the Order of the Bath

    New Year Honours 2024
    Role at the time
    Director, Building Safety Programme
    Region
    Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
    “For services to Building Safety.”

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Neil O’connor

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

“For services to Building Safety.”
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Companion of the Order of the Bath · 2024

Source & provenanceVerified against the London Gazette

London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4519286. View the official notice ↗

Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).

Published 29 December 2023.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2016

Source & provenanceVerified against the London Gazette

London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454054. View the official notice ↗

Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).

Published 31 December 2015.

Location (Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.

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