New Year Honours 2013
Paul Stephen WESTBURY CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
civil engineer
“Chief Executive Officer, Buro Happold. For services to Engineering and Construction.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive Officer, Buro Happold. For services to Engineering and Construction.
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New Year Honours 2013- Role at the time
- civil engineer
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“Chief Executive Officer, Buro Happold. For services to Engineering and Construction.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 103 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 8% of the list.
In their area
37 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Somerset.
What organisation were they with?
civil engineer.
How widely is this recognised?
1,920 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
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 2013
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Anthony John Smith
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London
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Anthony William Pidgley
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Berkshire
“Chairman, Berkeley Group. For services to the Housing Sector and the community.”
Arlene Phillips
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London
“Choreographer. For services to Dance and to charity.”
Barry Geoffery Cox
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London
“Chairman, Digital UK. For services to the Media and Digital Television.”
Caroline Shaw
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Greater Manchester
“Chief Executive, The Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS.”
Caroline Tapster
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Essex
“Lately Chief Executive, Hertfordshire County Council. For services to Local Government.”
Carolyn Elizabeth Miller
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“Chief Executive, Merlin. For services to International Humanitarian Aid.”
Carolyn Robson
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Leicestershire
“Headteacher, Rushey Mead School and lately Executive Headteacher, Fullhurst College, Leicester. For services to Education.”
Catherine Bush
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Oxfordshire
“Singer and Songwriter. For services to Music.”
Cherie Blair
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“For services to Women's Issues and to charity in the UK and Overseas.”
Christine Forster
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East Sussex
“Operations Director, Child Support Agency, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to the Transformation of the Child Support System.”
Christopher John Addison Smith
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London
“Chief of Staff, Lambeth Palace. For services to the Church of England.”
Councillor Peter Jones
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East Sussex
“Leader, East Sussex County Council. For services to Local Government in the South East.”
Dale Inez Simon
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London
“Director of Equality and Diversity, Crown Prosecution Service. For services to the Development of Equality and Diversity in the Crown Prosecution Service.”
David Goldstone
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Hertfordshire
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David Richard Sheepshanks
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Suffolk
“Chair, St George's Park. For services to Football and for charitable services in Suffolk.”
David Russell Weir
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London
“Wheelchair Athlete. For services to Athletics.”
David Tom Potts
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London
“Lately plc Board Member and Chief Executive, Tesco Asia. For services to Employment, Skills and Apprenticeships in the Retail Sector.”
Deborah Ann Jevans
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London
“Director of Sport, LOCOG. For services to Sport and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Diane Robertson Martin
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East Sussex
“Lately Director, Trust, Lambeth. For services to Vulnerable Women.”
Dr Brian Mccloskey
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“Regional Director, Health Protection Agency. For services to Public Health and Safety.”
Dr David Douglas Cleevely
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Cambridgeshire
“Founding Director, Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge. For services to Technology and Innovation.”
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“Professor of Digital Culture, University of Liverpool. For services to Digital Inclusion.”
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“Chair, Blood Cancer UK. For services to Blood Cancer Awareness and Research”
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“Life Member and lately Chair of World Pheasant Association. For services to Wild Bird Research and Conservation”
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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”
Ann Watson
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London, Greater London
“Chief Executive Officer, Enginuity. For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector”
Stephen Michael Smith
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“Executive Director, CO2RE and Associate Professor of Greenhouse Gas Removal, University of Oxford. For services to Climate Science”
Martin John Rolles
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Clinical Oncologist, Swansea Bay University Health Board. For services to Healthcare Science and Cancer”
Peter Robertson
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Belfast, County Borough of Belfast
“Professor of Energy and Environmental Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Research and Innovation in Northern Ireland”
Professor Mykaell Riley
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London, Greater London
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Beena Puri
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
“Digital Equity Senior Principal, Greater Manchester Combined Authority. For services to Digital Inclusion”
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Ian Marson
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London, Greater London
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James Markey
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Guildford, Surrey
“Founder, UNI SIM. For services to the Technology Sector”
Carolyn Heitmeyer
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London, Greater London
“Head of Social Sciences, Government Office for Science. For services to Social Science”
Jane Gate
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Thatcham, Berkshire
“Executive Director, The Association of Innovation, Research and Technology Organisations. For services to Science and the Innovation Ecosystem”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Avondale Foods Ltd and ENE Ltd. For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland”
Jenny Barbara Ellis
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“Founder, NextJenSecurity. For services to Cyber Policy”
Mark Edward Antony Downs
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Deal, Kent
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Nicola Collett
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Lutterworth, Leicestershire
“Lately Partnership Development Manager, Leicester City School Sport Partnership. For services to School Sport and Physical Education and to the communities in Leicester City and Leicestershire”
Thomas Malcolm Calvert
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Belfast, County Down
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Location (Somerset) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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