
New Year Honours 2020
Wendy Maisey OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to International Trade and to the Economy.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to International Trade and to the Economy.
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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
28 December 2019
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Wendy MAISEY
Co-Chief Executive Officer, ICC Solutions
For services to International Trade and to the Economy.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Greater Manchester
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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- Greater Manchester
“For services to International Trade and to the Economy.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 280 times in the New Year Honours List 2020 — about 20% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2020
Abdel Babiker
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“For services to Medical Research.”
Adrian Gault
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Environment and to Tackling Climate Change.”
Agnes Gillespie
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Stirling and Falkirk
“For public service.”
Alan Digman
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East Sussex
“For services to Government Security and to Charity.”
Alan John Smith
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Co. Londonderry
“For services to Education.”
Alan Sherry
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Motherwell, Lanarkshire
“For services to Education.”
Alastair Gibbons
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Birmingham, West Midlands
“For services to Social Work.”
Alexander Williams
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Economic and to Industrial Development.”
Ali Akbor
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to the community in Leeds.”
Alison Brenchley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Wiltshire
“For services to Financial Services and to Diversity.”
Allison Ogden-newton
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to the Environment and to Social Enterprise.”
Allyson Macvean
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Somerset
“For services to Ethics in Policing.”
Andrea Pearson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Hertfordshire
“For services to Transport.”
Andrew Brown
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
St Albans, Hertfordshire
“For services to the Church.”
Andrew Browne
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Co. Down
“For services to victims and survivors of abuse.”
Andrew Donaldson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Andrew Falvey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Transport.”
Andrew Halls
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Andrew Jowett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Education in Zambia.”
Andrew Leach
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Worcester, Worcestershire
“For services to General Practice.”
Andrew Neely
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Research and to University/Industry Collaboration.”
Andrew Trotter
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Angela Hughes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Dyfed
“For services to Emergency Air Service in Wales.”
Ann Francke
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Workplace Equality.”
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Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Deborah Wosskow
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London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
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Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Raymond Pritchard
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“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
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Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
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Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Lance Uggla
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pino De Rosa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Louise Ellis-frankland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Skipton, North Yorkshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Sector and to Employee Well-Being.”
George Fleming
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454960. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (Greater Manchester) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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