New Year Honours 2026
Sarah Williams-gardener OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chair • the Western Gateway Partnership
“For services to the Development of the UK Financial Services Ecosystem, Regional Economic Growth and to Charity.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to the Development of the UK Financial Services Ecosystem, Regional Economic Growth and to Charity.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2025
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Sarah Louise WILLIAMS-GARDENER
Chair, FinTech Wales and lately Chair, the Western Gateway Partnership
For services to the Development of the UK Financial Services Ecosystem, Regional Economic Growth and to Charity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2026- Role at the time
- Chair, the Western Gateway Partnership
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- Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
“For services to the Development of the UK Financial Services Ecosystem, Regional Economic Growth and to Charity.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 279 times in the New Year Honours List 2026 — about 19% of the list.
In their area
82 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Hertfordshire.
What organisation were they with?
Chair, the Western Gateway Partnership.
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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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5027729. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
Location (Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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