Birthday Honours 2021
Sharon Simons (sharon Blackman) OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to the Financial Sector.”
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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
12 June 2021
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, 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:
Sharon Annette SIMONS (Sharon Blackman)
Managing Director and General Counsel, Citi
For services to the Financial Sector.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the Financial Sector.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 267 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 18% of the list.
In their area
841 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3817827. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Location (London, Greater 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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