Dame Barbara Mary Frost, (born 1952) is a British retired charity executive. From 2005 to 2017, she was the

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(CEO) of WaterAid. She had previously been CEO of Action on Disability and Development, and had worked for

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and Oxfam.

Honours

In the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, Frost was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) "for services to the provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene in developing countries", and thereby granted the

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'' dame''.

References

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