Birthday Honours 2018
Susan Jane OWEN DB
- Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
- Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DB)
Permanent Secretary, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Civil Service Champion for Diversity and Inclusion
Organisation: Department for Digital
“Permanent Secretary, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Civil Service Champion for Diversity and Inclusion. For public service.”
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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director-General, Welfare and Wellbeing Group, Department for Work and Pensions.
View London Gazette noticeDame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DB)
Permanent Secretary, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Civil Service Champion for Diversity and Inclusion. For public service.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the Bath
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
9 June 2018
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 Honourable Order of the Bath:
D.C.B.
To be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Dame Commander, of the said Most Honourable Order:
Ms Susan Jane OWEN C.B.
Permanent Secretary, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Civil Service Champion for Diversity and Inclusion
For public service.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Companion of the Order of the Bath
Birthday Honours 2010- Role at the time
- Permanent Secretary, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Civil Service Champion for Diversity and Inclusion
- Region
- London
“Director-General, Welfare and Wellbeing Group, Department for Work and Pensions.”
Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath
Birthday Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Permanent Secretary, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Civil Service Champion for Diversity and Inclusion
- Region
- London
“Permanent Secretary, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Civil Service Champion for Diversity and Inclusion. For public service.”
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The Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath was awarded 1 times in the Birthday Honours List 2018.
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Companion of the Order of the Bath · 2010
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2010). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2010.
Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62310, notice 3041312. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2018).
Published 8 June 2018.
Location (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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