Birthday Honours 2017
Professor Charles Pirie SKENE CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Business and Enterprise Promotion.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Business and Enterprise Promotion.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
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 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:
Professor Charles Pirie SKENE O.B.E.
For services to Business and Enterprise Promotion.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 111 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
11 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Aberdeenshire.
How widely is this recognised?
3,730 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804194. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 14 June 2017.
Location (Aberdeenshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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