New Year Honours 2023
Tessa Griffiths CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director • Covid Response Measures
“For services to Education and to the Covid-19 Response.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Education and to the Covid-19 Response.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2022
The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Tessa Helen GRIFFITHS
lately Director, Covid Response Measures, Department for Education
For services to Education and to the Covid-19 Response.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2023- Role at the time
- Director, Covid Response Measures
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- Thames Ditton, Surrey
“For services to Education and to the Covid-19 Response.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 106 times in the New Year Honours List 2023 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
39 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Surrey.
What organisation were they with?
Director, Covid Response Measures.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Julie Gard
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“For services to Further Education.”
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Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
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Mary Boam
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“For services to Further Education.”
Michael Hamblin
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Simon Wood
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Lucille Windle
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
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Emma Whitfield
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Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
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Gary Stevens
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Halesowen, West Midlands
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4246394. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023).
Published 30 December 2022.
Location (Thames Ditton, Surrey) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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