New Year Honours 2023
Octavius Orlando Irvine Casati Black CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, MindGym and Co-founder, ParentGym
“Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, MindGym and Co-founder, ParentGym. For services to Entrepreneurship, to Business, and to Life Sciences”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, MindGym and Co-founder, ParentGym. For services to Entrepreneurship, to Business, and to Life Sciences
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2022
The KING 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:
Octavius Orlando Irvine Casati BLACK
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, MindGym and Co-founder, ParentGym
For services to Entrepreneurship, to Business, to Life Sciences and to the Community.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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