Claire Lois Whitaker CBE is a director of several UK companies. [1]
Whitaker was the Bid Director for the Southampton City of Culture for 2025.[2] She was formerly Chair of the Royal Commonwealth Society and a Trustee of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.[3][2] She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to jazz.[4] In July 2020 she was announced as one of the independent member of the Culture Recovery Board, which administered the Culture Recovery Fund as part of the UK response to the COVID-19 pandemic in England.[5]
Whitaker was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to the arts and culture.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Claire Lois WHITAKER". Companies House. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Claire Whitaker OBE, Trustee". Paul Hamyln Foundation. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Claire Whitaker OBE". Music Commission. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Claire Whitaker received OBE". Serious. 16 June 2015.
- ^ "UK CULTURE RECOVERY FUND DETAILS REVEALED". IQ Magazine. 29 July 2020.
- ^ "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N11.
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