New Year Honours 2024
Troy Townsend MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion in Association Football.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Diversity and Inclusion in Association Football.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2023
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Troy Donaghue TOWNSEND
Head of Player Engagement, Kick It Out
For services to Diversity and Inclusion in Association Football.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4520874. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
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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