Brigade Electronics chairman receives OBE

摘要

Chris Hanson-Abbott, chairman of Brigade Electronics, has been awarded an OBE for his services to vehicle road safety in The Queens 2014 Birthday Honours list. Mr Hanson-Abbott formed Brigade Electronics in 1976 after being inspired by a beeping sound he heard emanating from the rear of a small truck on a street in Tokyo. At the time reversing safety had not been addressed outside Japan, but with the Health & Safety at Work Act recently passed into UK law and vehicles already accounting for a vast number of fatalities, he felt it was time for change.