Birthday Honours 2021
Tove Okunniwa MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chief Executive
“Chief Executive, London Sport. For services to Sport”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chief Executive, London Sport. For services to Sport
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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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Tove OKUNNIWA
Chief Executive, London Sport
For services to Sport.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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