New Year Honours 2014
Prof Seona Reid DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Director
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2014
“Lately Director, Glasgow School of Art. For services to the Creative Industries.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
“Director, Glasgow School of Art. For services to the Creative Industries.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Lately Director, Glasgow School of Art. For services to the Creative Industries.
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Director, Glasgow School of Art. For services to the Creative Industries.
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2008- Role at the time
- Director
- Region
- Glasgow
“Director, Glasgow School of Art. For services to the Creative Industries.”
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2014- Role at the time
- Director
- Region
- Glasgow
“Lately Director, Glasgow School of Art. For services to the Creative Industries.”
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“Lately Director, Glasgow School of Art. For services to the Creative Industries.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 20 times in the New Year Honours List 2014 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director.
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
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2014
Alison Jane Carnwath
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
London
“Chairman, Land Securities. For services to Business.”
Alison Margaret Peacock
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Hertfordshire
“Headteacher, Wroxham Primary School, Hertfordshire. For services to Education.”
Asha Khemka
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Staffordshire
“Principal and Chief Executive, West Nottinghamshire College. For services to Further Education.”
Dr Mary Colette Bowe
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
London
“Chair, Ofcom. For services to Media and Communications.”
Gillian Barbara Lynne
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
London
“Choreographer. For services to Dance and Musical Theatre.”
Kathryn August
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Greater Manchester
“Lately Executive Director of Education, The Education Fellowship and lately Principal, Manchester Academy. For services to Education.”
Pamela Jean Shaw of Neurology
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
“For services to Neuroscience, particularly through the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience.”
Penelope Anne Constance Keith
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Surrey
“For services to the Arts and to charity.”
Penelope Keith (Penelope Anne Constance
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Professor Celia Mary Hoyles
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
London
“Lately Director, National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics. For services to Education.”
Professor Frances Clare Kirwan
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Oxfordshire
“Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford. For services to Mathematics.”
Professor Julia Mary Slingo
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Devon
“Chief Scientist, Meteorological Office. For services to Weather and Climate Science.”
Professor Pamela Jean Shaw
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Derbyshire
“Professor of Neurology, Sheffield. For services to Neuroscience, particularly through the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience.”
Professor Shirley Anne Pearce
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Norfolk
“For services to Higher Education.”
Professor Susan Mary Bailey
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Greater Manchester
“President, Royal College of Psychiatrists. For services to Psychiatry and for voluntary service to People with Mental Health Conditions.”
Rachel Mary De
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Bedfordshire
“Lately Executive Principal, Ormiston Victory Academy, Norwich, Norfolk. For services to Education.”
Rachel Mary De Souza
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
“For services to Education.”
Rosemary Janet Mair Butler
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Newport
“Presiding Officer, National Assembly for Wales. For political and public services particularly to Women.”
Timson) C.B.E.
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2014
“For services to the Arts and to Charity.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Andrew James Simpson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
“For services to Social Enterprise.”
Deborah Wosskow
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Hannah Bernard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and Access to Finance for Women.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
Erica Maxwell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dungannon, County Tyrone
“For services to the Economy and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Isabella Cameron
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Isle of Uist, Western Isles
“For services to Hospitality and to the Rural Economy in South Uist.”
Tina Barton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shaftesbury, Dorset
“For services to Science and to Trade.”
Ronjon Nag
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Entrepreneurship and to Artificial Intelligence.”
Lance Uggla
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Richard Scaife
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing.”
Becky Ruddy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
Pino De Rosa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2014
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2014).
Published 1 January 2014.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2008).
Published 1 January 2008.
Location (Glasgow) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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