New Year Honours 2024
Rachel Gaisburgh-watkyn OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Managing Director
“For services to Sustainability, to Ethical Business Growth and to Exports.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Sustainability, to Ethical Business Growth and to Exports.
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Order of the British Empire
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 promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Rachel GAISBURGH-WATKYN
Managing Director, Tiny Box Company
For services to Sustainability, to Ethical Business Growth and to Exports.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Managing Director
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- Crowborough, East Sussex
“For services to Sustainability, to Ethical Business Growth and to Exports.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 298 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 19% of the list.
In their area
55 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from East Sussex.
What organisation were they with?
Managing Director.
How widely is this recognised?
1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4520424. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Crowborough, East Sussex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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