New Year Honours 2018
Robert Swannell CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Non-Executive Chairman
“For services to the Public, Retail and Financial Sectors.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to the Public, Retail and Financial Sectors.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2017
THE QUEEN 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:
Robert William Ashburnham SWANNELL
Non-Executive Chairman, UK Government Investment
For services to the Public, Retail and Financial Sectors.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
London
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Non-Executive Chairman
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- London
“For services to the Public, Retail and Financial Sectors.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 104 times in the New Year Honours List 2018 — about 7% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Non-Executive Chairman.
How widely is this recognised?
3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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East Sussex
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North Yorkshire
“For services to the Redcar and Tees Valley Economy.”
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“For services to Adult Social Care in England.”
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Armagh
“For services to Government and to charitable fundraising.”
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Perth and Kinross
“For services to Science in Scotland.”
Andrew Robertson
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Stirling and Falkirk
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London
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Cheshire
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Derbyshire
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Benjamin Thomson
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Edinburgh
“For services to Arts and Culture in Scotland.”
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London
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Greater Manchester
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Oxfordshire
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Christopher Stein
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Cornwall
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Nottinghamshire
“For services to NHS Patients and Taxpayers.”
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Deborah Wosskow
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London, Greater London
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Natalie Wade
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London, Greater London
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Wendy Carlin
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Neeta Atkar
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Marlow, Buckinghamshire
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Hannah Bernard
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Brighton, East Sussex
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Gregory Mckinley
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Ballymena, County Antrim
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Dungannon, County Tyrone
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James Fraser
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Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
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Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Isabella Cameron
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Isle of Uist, Western Isles
“For services to Hospitality and to the Rural Economy in South Uist.”
Tina Barton
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Shaftesbury, Dorset
“For services to Science and to Trade.”
Ronjon Nag
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“For services to Entrepreneurship and to Artificial Intelligence.”
Lance Uggla
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Hollie Whittles
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
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Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Richard Scaife
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing.”
Becky Ruddy
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Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
Pino De Rosa
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
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Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
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Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62150, notice 2937971. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
Published 29 December 2017.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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