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The King's Birthday Honours 2026 Overseas and International List: Order of the British Empire
Updated 12 June 2026
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| Order | Award | Name | Job title | Short citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order of the British Empire (Commander) | CBE | Franz MANDERSON MBE | Deputy Governor, Cayman Islands. | For services to the Cayman Islands Civil Service and to the wider community in the Cayman Islands. |
| Order of the British Empire (Commander) | CBE | Lance UGGLA | Founder, IHS Markit. | For services to Business and to Philanthropy. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Carolyn AINSWORTH | Head of Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to National Security. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Dr Phillip AMBLER | Co-Founder of Border Eye Program Thailand and Karenaid UK. | For services to Eye Health in Myanmar. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Dr Peter BAXTER | former Consultation Physician in Public Health. | For services to Public Health and to Protecting Communities from Volcanic Hazards. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Stuart CAINE | Head of Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to National Security. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Giles DICKSON | Chief Executive Officer, WindEurope. | For services to Renewable Energy and UK/EU Energy Cooperation. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Dr Matthew DRYDEN | Consultant in Infection – UK Overseas Territories Programme, UK Health Security Agency. | For services to Health, particularly in the UK Overseas Territories. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Christopher HAMMOND | Head of Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British Foreign Policy. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Tom HERON | Senior Submarine Rescue Vehicle Pilot, JFD. | For services to UK and Global Submarine Rescue Operations. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Fern HORINE | HM Ambassador, British Embassy Chisinau, Moldova. | For services to British Foreign Policy. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Professor Ronjon NAG | Stanford University and Founder, R42 Group. | For services to Entrepreneurship and to Artificial Intelligence. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Dr Tariq OBAIDE | Chair, The British Education Group. | For services to British Education Overseas and to UK/Morocco Relations. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Lucy PINCHES | Project Manager, Mine Action Review. | For services to Humanitarian Disarmament and Peacebuilding. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Professor Mark POZNANSKY | Director Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, Physician, Infectious Diseases Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, United States of America. | For services to UK/US Biomedical Research and Collaboration. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Alexander PROFUMO | Head of Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British Foreign Policy. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Sohail RAHMAN | lately Anchor, Al Jazeera News. | For services to Journalism and to Charitable Fundraising. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Amir RAMZAN | British Council Regional Director, Middle East/North Africa. | For services to UK Cultural Relations Overseas. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Andrew SCOTT | Sculptor. | For services to Sculpture and the Arts. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Andrew WAGGETT | Head of Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | For services to British Foreign Policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Ify AGBOOLA | Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Tallinn, Estonia | For services to British Foreign Policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Alan BELL | Founder, The Vanessa Grant Girls School in Kenya | For services to Girls’ Education in Kenya |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Ryan CHAMBERLAIN | lately Technical Services Officer, British Embassy Tehran, Iran | For services to the British Embassy Tehran, Iran |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Elizabeth CHRISTOPHER JP | Lawyer | For services to Law and Justice in Bermuda |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Rufus DRABBLE | HM Consul General Miami, Florida, United States of America | For services to British Foreign Policy, to Trade and to British Nationals Overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Scott DUNNING | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | For services to British Foreign Policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Elizabeth EATON | Trustee, Kenya Children Centres (UK) | For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Dr Wilfred EATON | Chairman of Trustees, Kenya Children Centres (UK) | For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Christopher GAZE | Founder and Artistic Director, Bard on the Beach, Vancouver, Canada | For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Martin GILBERT | lately Director British Council, Austria, Switzerland and Nordics | For services to British Cultural Relations in Europe |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Steve GOVE | Founder and Director, Prague Fringe Festival, Czech Republic | For services to UK/Czech Republic Cultural Relations |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Jane GRIMSHAW | Founder and Chair of Mango Tree Goa | For services to the Education of Disadvantaged Children in India |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Jamie HALL | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Michael HAMBLIN | Director, The Mwezi Foundation | For services to Education in Kenya |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Alan HAYWARD | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Claire HEALY | Head, Afghanistan Relocations Islamabad Team, British High Commission Islamabad, Pakistan | For services to British Foreign Policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Martha HOLMAN | Founder, LoveZimbabwe | For services to Community Development in Zimbabwe and UK/Zimbabwe Relations |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Paul HUGHES | Joint Deputy Head, Gibraltar Negotiations Taskforce, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | For services to British Foreign Policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Fiona JOHNSTON | Volunteer and Charity Worker, Juliet Johnston School, Ghana | For services to Education and Charity in Ghana and to UK/Ghana Relations |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Nicola MILLINGTON | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | For services to British Foreign Policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Hector MONTADO | Chief Technical Officer, Government of Gibraltar | For services to His Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Tara NIELSEN | Founder and Director of Acts of Random Kindness (ARK) | For services to Charity and Community Development in the Cayman Islands |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | James NORMINGTON | Founder, British and Commonwealth Remembrance Project | For services to the Remembrance of British and Commonwealth War Dead in the United States of America |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Lisa SAMUELSON | Director, Eden Myanmar | For services to Victims of Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Jane SIDEBOTTOM | lately Deputy Director, Gibraltar Negotiations Taskforce, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | For service to British Foreign Policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Elizabeth SLINGER | Chair of Trustees, Medical Action Myanmar UK and Volunteer, Medical Action Myanmar | For services to Healthcare in Myanmar |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Hannah WHITTOCK | lately Joint Deputy Head, Gibraltar Negotiations Taskforce, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | For services to British Foreign Policy. |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Daniel CALVERT | lately Executive Chef, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi | For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Lionel E CANN | former Director, Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services Team and Manager of the Emergency Housing Shelter, Bermuda | For services to Emergency Disaster Relief and Homelessness in Bermuda |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Ralph CANTRELL | Eastern Cyprus Sub Aqua Club BSAC Special Branch 0120 Diving Officer | For services to the British Forces Cyprus Community and to Diving Safety in Cyprus |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Barbara CONNELL | Founder and Chair, Kotu Trust | For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Sapphire DALTON | Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | For services to British Foreign Policy |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Clare DOWNEY | Founder, the Flying Pig Project, Willink School, Berkshire | For services to Children and Education in Moldova |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Matthew ELLIS | Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | For services to British Foreign Policy |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Charles ENTWISLE | President, Yachting Gives Back | For services to Charity and Vulnerable People in Mallorca |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Catherine GROVE | Founder, Kotu Trust | For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Alison HICKMAN | Founder and Trustee, Transform Salone | For services to the community in Sierra Leone |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | James HILL | Founder and Coordinator, Katangi Orphans Project | For services to Disadvantaged Children in Katangi, Kenya |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Mark JEWISS | Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | For services to British Foreign Policy |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Fiona MAXTON | Consular Regional Operations Manager, British Embassy Moscow, Russia | For services to British Foreign Policy and to British Nationals Overseas |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Glenda McTAGGART | Senior Manager, Education Programmes, Cayman Islands | For services to Education in the Cayman Islands |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Raymond PRITCHARD | Owner, Alpine Lifestyle Partners and former Welsh Masters Ski Champion | For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Gayl RUSSELL | Founder and Director, Community Kitchen, Brussels, Belgium | For services to Refugees and Vulnerable People in Brussels |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Keri SCOTT | Director of Education, Government of Gibraltar | For services to Education in Gibraltar |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Zoë TOWNSLEY | Assistant Administrator, the British Indian Ocean Territory | For services to British Foreign Policy |