New Year Honours 2017
Tanya Castell MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Diversity in Business.”
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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
31 December 2016
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order
Ms Tanya Catherine CASTELL
Founder Chief Executive Officer, Changing the Chemistry
For services to Diversity in Business.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Edinburgh
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2017- Role at the time
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer
- Region
- Edinburgh
“For services to Diversity in Business.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 606 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 41% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Founder and Chief Executive Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
2,109 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Foster Care and to Children with Disabilities and their Families.”
John Garbett
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Foster Care and to Children with Disabilities and their Families.”
Helene Martin Gee
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Folkestone, Kent
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Douglas Bott
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Bristol, City of Bristol
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Olubukola Babajide
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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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York, North Yorkshire
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London, Greater London
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Yasmin Khan
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Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
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Diana Brightmore-armour
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Martin Coppack
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2674006. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 30 December 2016.
Location (Edinburgh) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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