New Year Honours 2020
Sharon White DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Chief Executive
“For public service.”
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Sharon Michele WHITE
Chief Executive, Ofcom
For public service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Chief Executive
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- London, Greater London
“For public service.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 16 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
81 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 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 2020
Brian Mcleod
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Charity.”
Caroline Allen
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Caroline Palmer Yeates
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Surrey
“For services to Cancer Medicine.”
Diana Johnson
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Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For charitable and political service.”
Donna Langley-shamshiri
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“For services to Film and Entertainment.”
Gillian Guy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to the Public and Voluntary Sectors.”
Julia Unwin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Civil Society.”
Lesley Regan
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Women’s Healthcare.”
Lynn Gladden
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Academic and Industrial Research in Chemical Engineering.”
Magdalene Odundo
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Farnham, Surrey
“For services to Art and to Arts Education.”
Olivia Newton-john
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Living Abroad
“For services to Charity, to Cancer Research and to Entertainment.”
Rose Tremain
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Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Writing.”
Sarah Whatmore
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Oxfordshire
“For services to the Study of Environmental Policy.”
Susan Campbell
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Leicestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Teresa Colomba Graham
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Small Businesses.”
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Charles Obazuaye
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Corby, Northamptonshire
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Michael Mitchell
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Flitwick, Bedfordshire
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Jack Emsley
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Cynthia Davis
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Stephen Davis
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London, Greater London
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Jane Sidebottom
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“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
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London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
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Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454716. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
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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