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Charles Gerard Ford, is the director and chief executive of Advantage Northern Ireland Limited, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. In 2009, he was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion - the only honorary awardee that year. [1]

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  1. "The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion" . Retrieved 19 September 2010.