New Year Honours 2008
Rajvinder Singh Kandola OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Member • National Employment Panel
Organisation: National Employment Panel
“For services to Disadvantaged People and to Diversity.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Disadvantaged People and to Diversity.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 2008
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Location
Warwickshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2008- Role at the time
- Member, National Employment Panel
- Region
- Warwickshire
“For services to Disadvantaged People and to Diversity.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 272 times in the New Year Honours List 2008 — about 23% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Member, National Employment Panel.
How widely is this recognised?
2,109 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2008
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Alan Charles Richard Lennon
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Down
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Alan Henry Puckridge Gillett
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London
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Alastair Jesse Head MacNish
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Renfrewshire
“for Scotland.”
Alexander Jamieson
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Valencia Province
“For services to the Youth Justice System in Scotland.”
Alison Jane Watt
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Edinburgh
“For services to Art.”
Alison Logan
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Glasgow
“For services to Community Relations.”
Alison Mary McDonald
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West Sussex
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Alison Richards
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Oxfordshire
“For services to UNICEF UK.”
Amir Kabal
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Staffordshire
“For services to Training and to the community in East Staffordshire.”
Andrew James Thomson
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Norfolk
“For services to Higher Education.”
Andrew Keddie
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Fife
“For public service.”
Andrew Kerry Pike
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Andrew Lake
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London
Grade B1
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“For services to Education.”
Ann Beynon
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“For services to Business.”
Ann Marie Grinstead
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Hampshire
“For public service.”
Anthony Clive Davies
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Lancashire
“For services to School Inspections.”
Anthony McGann
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Merseyside
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to the Police.”
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Scott Rogers
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Saint Helens, Merseyside
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Claire Flowers
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Sharon Brown
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Hollie Whittles
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Emma Whitfield
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Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
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Ronald Sawford
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London, Greater London
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Diane Redfern
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Slough, Berkshire
“For services to Disabled Riders.”
Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Nadia Khan
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Imran Hafeez
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Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Literacy Development and Social Inclusion in Bradford, West Yorkshire.”
Pamela Garbett
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Foster Care and to Children with Disabilities and their Families.”
John Garbett
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Foster Care and to Children with Disabilities and their Families.”
Helene Martin Gee
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Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Douglas Bott
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Disabled People.”
Olubukola Babajide
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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Technology, to Business and to Inclusion.”
Kristian Barnfield-guest
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York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Chenelle Ansah
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Investment, to Women in Business and to Charity.”
Yasmin Khan
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Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
“For services to Ending Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Women.”
Diana Brightmore-armour
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women and Diversity in Financial Services.”
Martin Coppack
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Social Equality and Inclusion.”
Janet Jeffrey
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“For services to Children with Disabilities in Lesotho.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2008).
Published 29 December 2007.
Location (Warwickshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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