
New Year Honours 2023
Rebecca George CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Diversity in the Technology Profession.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Diversity in the Technology Profession.
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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:
Rebecca Gay GEORGE O.B.E.
lately Past President, British Computing Society
For services to Diversity in the Technology Profession.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Diversity in the Technology Profession.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 106 times in the New Year Honours List 2023 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
9 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Somerset.
How widely is this recognised?
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Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4246402. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023).
Published 30 December 2022.
Location (Taunton, 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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