Birthday Honours 2016
Sarah Groenewegen BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Senior Officer and lately Chair, Sexual Orientation Network and Resource Group
“Senior Officer and lately Chair, Sexual Orientation Network and Resource Group, National Crime Agency. For services to Law Enforcement and Diversity in the Workplace.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
Senior Officer and lately Chair, Sexual Orientation Network and Resource Group, National Crime Agency. For services to Law Enforcement and Diversity in the Workplace.
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London Gazette notice
British Empire Medal
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
11 June 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Ms Sarah Joan GROENEWEGEN
Senior Officer and lately Chair, Sexual Orientation Network and Resource Group, National Crime Agency
For services to Law Enforcement and Diversity in the Workplace.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61608 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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