New Year Honours 2009
Rodney John Calvert OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Managing Director • Millbrook Proving Ground
Organisation: Millbrook Proving Ground
“For services to the Automotive Industry.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 2009
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Bedfordshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2009- Role at the time
- Managing Director, Millbrook Proving Ground
- Region
- Bedfordshire
“For services to the Automotive Industry.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 269 times in the New Year Honours List 2009 — about 22% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Managing Director, Millbrook Proving Ground.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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North Yorkshire
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Middlesex
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Wendy Carlin
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Ballymena, County Antrim
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James Fraser
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Telford, Shropshire
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Ann Watson
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Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
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
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
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Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
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Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
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Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
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Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Louise Ellis-frankland
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Skipton, North Yorkshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Sector and to Employee Well-Being.”
George Fleming
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009).
Published 30 December 2008.
Location (Bedfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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