Elizabeth Dymond, who has been an i​ndependent member of Victim Support’s Audit Committee since 2013 and a Trustee since 2015, has been awarded a CBE in the 2018 New Year Honours.

Qualified as a chartered accountant, Elizabeth has worked as an auditor, was Head of Management Reporting in a FTSE-100 company, led the financial analysts at the Competition Commission, and was a senior civil servant at HM Treasury.

Elizabeth is currently Director of Finance an​d Corporate Services at the Charity for Civil Servants and her CBE was awarded in recognition of her public service.​ Diana Fawcett said: “Huge congratulations to Elizabeth for her CBE –​ very much deserved.”​