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New Year Honours 2025 Overseas and International List: Order of the British Empire

Updated 30 December 2024
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Level Award Name Job title Short citation
Order of the British Empire (Commander) CBE Michael DUNKLEY formerly Premier of Bermuda. For services to Bermuda.
Order of the British Empire (Commander) CBE Dr Anthony FREEMAN Scientist and Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA. For services to UK/US Relations in Space and Earth Science.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Sirah ABRAHAM Criminal Justice Adviser, British High Commission Bridgetown. For services to British Foreign Policy and to Criminal Justice in the Caribbean.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Carey ALLAN Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Dr David ANDERSON Senior Health Adviser, UK-Med. For services to the UK’s Emergency Health Response overseas.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Dr Jonathan BREWER formerly Acting Coordinator of the UN Panel of Experts created pursuant to resolution 1874 (2009). For services to Global Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Martin DALTRY Country Director, Palestinian Territories, British Council. For services to UK Cultural Relations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Professor Alison ELLIOTT Head of the Vaccines Research Theme, the Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit. For services to Medicine and Global Health.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Ian GIBBONS MBE Chief Executive Officer, UK ASEAN Business Council. For services to British Businesses and Citizens overseas.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Rupert GOODMAN Chairman, British-Kazakh Society. For services to the promotion of Trade and Investment and to UK interests overseas, particularly in Kazakhstan.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE David GREEN Chief Executive Officer, Victoria & Albert Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa; Chair, Zeitz Mocca Art Gallery. For services to UK/South Africa relations.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE John HALL Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Ian HARDY MBE British Honorary Consul Valparaiso, Chile. For services to British Nationals in Chile.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Professor Shehan HETTIARATCHY Surgeon, UK-MED and Imperial College. For services to the UK’s Emergency Health Response overseas.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Dr James HOARE Academic and formerly Diplomat. For services to UK interests in the Korean Peninsula.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Erich HOYT Whale Researcher and Author. For Services to Marine Conservation.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Professor Timothy INSOLL Al-Qasimi Professor of African and Islamic Archaeology. For services to Archaeology in Bahrain and UK/Bahrain relations.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Elizabeth MARMONT Senior Operations Manager, UK-Med. For services to the UK’s Emergency Health Response overseas.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Paul McGOWAN Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Sandy MOSS UK Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Martin MURRAY Chair and Trustee, Indochina Starfish Foundation and Fundraiser for My Name’5 Doddie Foundation. For services to Charity.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Mark ROSE Special Adviser and formerly Chief Executive Officer, Fauna and Flora. For services to UK and International Wildlife Conservation.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Dr Graham RYAN Director, Montserrat Volcano Observatory. For services to Volcanology and Geothermal Physics in Montserrat.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Benjamin SAOUL Counsellor, Foreign Policy, Security and Migration, British Embassy Paris. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Antony SPALTON Chief of Field Office, UNICEF, Al-Fashir, North Darfur State, Sudan. For services to International Humanitarian Aid.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Leslie STRETCH British Entrepreneur, Businessman and Philanthropist. For services to Philanthropy and to Educational Support to the University of Strathclyde.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE James TANBURN Coordinator, Donor Committee for Enterprise Development. For services to International Development.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Barry WALKER MBE British Honorary Consul Cusco, Peru. For services to British Nationals in Peru.
Order of the British Empire (Officer) OBE Professor Robert WILKINSON Professor of Infectious Diseases, Wellcome Trust Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Africa. For services to Infectious Disease Research.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Sakeena ALAM Deputy Head, Counter Terrorism Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Nationals overseas.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Rodney ARNOLD Head of Air Unit, British Antarctic Survey. For services to Polar Science and Aviation in the British Antarctic Territory.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Ergate AYANA Retired Nurse and Founder, Fighting Blindness in Ethiopia. For services to Eyecare in Ethiopia.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Loxley BANKS formerly Director of Broadcasting, Radio Cayman. For services to Broadcasting in the Cayman Islands.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Christopher BARKER Head, Political Team, British Consulate General Jerusalem. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Maria BOYLE lately Chief Executive Officer, Air Safety Support International. For services to Aviation Safety and Security in the British Overseas Territories.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Caroline CANNON Founder, Director/President, Think Pink Luxembourg. For services to Cancer Patients in Luxembourg.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Warrick CLEINE Chairman, British Corporate Advocacy Council and KPMG Vietnam and Cambodia. For services to British Trade and Investment in Vietnam.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Pauline CRAVEN Co-Founder, Felsted Aid for Deprived Children. For services to International Humanitarian Aid, particularly in Ukraine.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE James (known as Scriber) DALEY Philanthropist and Founder, Scriber’s Adventure Tours, Montserrat. For services to the Natural World and to Tourism on Montserrat.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Michael DELANEY British Honorary Consul, Florianopolis, Brazil. For services to British Business, English language, and Culture in Brazil.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Laura DIX lately Deputy Political Coordinator/Political Counsellor, UK Mission to the United Nations New York. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Paul EDWARDS Chief Executive Officer, Gorilla Brewing Co. and Chairperson, the Board of Governors, the International School of Busan, South Korea. For services to International Education, to Charity and to UK/South Korea relations.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Steven FIRSTBROOK Country Director Trade & Investment, British High Commission Singapore. For services to UK Trade and Investment in Asia.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Catherine FRYER Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Nicholas FULTON lately Political and Economic Counsellor, British Embassy Kyiv. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Gillian GODWIN Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Leslie GRECH Vice President, Calpe Rowing Club, Gibraltar. For services to rowing in Gibraltar.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Michael HAGEN Chair/Trustee, Classrooms in The Clouds, Nepal. For services to Education in Nepal.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Sarah HAGEN Secretary/Trustee, Classrooms in The Clouds, Nepal. For services to Education in Nepal.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Stewart HARRISON Private Secretary, Ministry of Education and Transport, H.M. Government of Gibraltar. For services to Digital Skills Education for Young Learners in Gibraltar.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Professor Paul HERITAGE Director, People’s Palace Projects; Professor of Drama and Performance, Queen Mary University of London. For services to UK/Brazil collaboration through creative practice.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Alan HILLIAR Co-Founder, Felsted Aid for Deprived Children. For services to International Humanitarian Aid, particularly in Ukraine.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Angela HILLS Head of Destinations, ABTA – The Travel Association. For services to Improving Health, Safety and Security Standards for British Travellers Abroad.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE James KEEN Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Carole KYIANG Founder/Director, Network International School, Myanmar. For services to Education in Myanmar.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Shantell MARTIN Contemporary Artist, New York. For services to the British Arts and to Charity.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Susan MUMFORD Chair, Hospice Ethiopia UK. For services to Palliative Care in Ethiopia.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Simon O'DONNELL Head of Political, British Embassy Tel Aviv. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Charlotte O'KANE National Overseas Coordinator, the British Korean Veterans Association. For services to British Veterans of the Korean War.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Stuart PARKER Country Security Adviser, British Embassy Somalia. For services to Security and to British Nationals overseas.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Anthony PHILLIPS British Honorary Consul Puerto Rico. For services to British business in Miami and to British Nationals in Puerto Rico and the wider Caribbean.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Sarah ROBARTS President and Founder, Ballantines Public Relations, Los Angeles, United States of America. For services in support of British Business, to Philanthropy, and to UK/US relations.
Order of the British Empire (Member) MBE Elspeth ROBINSON Chair, Kumi Community Foundation. For services to Disabled People in Kumi, Eastern Uganda.
Order of the British Empire MBE Alan SMITH Secretary to the Trustees, Kisiizi Partners. For services to Disadvantaged Children overseas, particularly in Uganda.
Order of the British Empire MBE Dr Helen SMITH Founder, Kisiizi Partners. For services to Disadvantaged Children overseas, particularly in Uganda.
Order of the British Empire MBE Valerie SMITH formerly Head of Africa Research Group, Research Analysts Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Order of the British Empire MBE Margaret STOREY Volunteer Worker for Seed International Fund Trust in Bluefields, Nicaragua. For services to the local community in Nicaragua.
Order of the British Empire MBE Caroline TAYLOR Head of Operations, Happy Child International. For charitable services to marginalised children in Brazil.
Order of the British Empire MBE Dominic TAYLOR Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.
Order of the British Empire MBE Eric THIRER formerly Cameraman/Journalist, British Broadcasting Corporation. For services to International Broadcasting.
Order of the British Empire MBE Peter THOMPSON Founder, Trustee and formerly Chairman, PhysioNet charity. For services to Disabled People Globally.
Order of the British Empire MBE Dr Andrew FEYI-WABOSO Consultant Ophthalmologist; Founder, Sight 2020 Direct. For services to International Eyecare in Malawi and Nigeria.
Order of the British Empire MBE Charles WILSON Treasurer, The British Benevolent Fund, Spain. For services to vulnerable British Nationals in Spain.
Order of the British Empire MBE Andrew WOOD Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.
Order of the British Empire BEM Jane BASTA Consular Officer, British Vice Consulate Zakynthos. For services to British Nationals in Greece.
Order of the British Empire BEM David BELLIS Founder, Gwulo. For services to Heritage Preservation in Hong Kong.
Order of the British Empire BEM Dr Derek GALLAGHER lately Vice Chairman, The Friends of St. George’s Memorial Church, Ypres, Belgium. For services to Charity.
Order of the British Empire BEM Edward GANT lately Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Order of the British Empire BEM Edward GODFREY President, the British Historical Society of Portugal. For services to the Local Community in Portugal.
Order of the British Empire BEM Debra HEMMING Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.
Order of the British Empire BEM Helen JONES Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.
Order of the British Empire BEM Elizabeth KEEGAN Director, Lloret Tourist Board, Spain. For services to British Nationals in Girona, Spain.
Order of the British Empire BEM Barbara LAING Founder, Mnyakongo School Project, Kongwa Connected, Tanzania. For services to Education in Kongwa, Tanzania.
Order of the British Empire BEM Andrew LETCHFORD Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Order of the British Empire BEM Craig LUCIE Murder and Manslaughter Case Worker, Consular Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Nationals overseas.
Order of the British Empire BEM Frances McCONVEY Head of Music, John Gray High School, Cayman Islands. For services to Music Education in the Cayman Islands.
Order of the British Empire BEM Keith ORTON Chairman, Bergen Hohne Branch of Royal British Legion, Germany. For services to The Royal British Legion in Germany and UK/Germany relations.
Order of the British Empire BEM Nalini SADAI Head, Murder and Manslaughter Case Team, Consular Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Nationals overseas.
Order of the British Empire BEM Ashley WHITTAL Estates Network Manager, British High Commission Ottawa. For services to the British High Commission in Ottawa, Canada.