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The King's Birthday Honours 2026 Overseas and International List: Order of the British Empire

Published 12 June 2026

CBE: Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Franz MANDERSON MBE, Deputy Governor, Cayman Islands. For services to the Cayman Islands Civil Service and to the wider community in the Cayman Islands.

Lance UGGLA, Founder, IHS Markit. For services to Business and to Philanthropy.

OBE: Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Carolyn AINSWORTH, Head of Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Dr Phillip AMBLER, Co-Founder of Border Eye Program Thailand and Karenaid UK. For services to Eye Health in Myanmar.

Dr Peter BAXTER, former Consultation Physician in Public Health. For services to Public Health and to Protecting Communities from Volcanic Hazards.

Stuart CAINE, Head of Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Giles DICKSON, Chief Executive Officer, WindEurope. For services to Renewable Energy and UK/EU Energy Cooperation.

Dr Matthew DRYDEN, Consultant in Infection – UK Overseas Territories Programme, UK Health Security Agency. For services to Health, particularly in the UK Overseas Territories.

Christopher HAMMOND, Head of Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Tom HERON, Senior Submarine Rescue Vehicle Pilot, JFD. For services to UK and Global Submarine Rescue Operations.

Fern HORINE, HM Ambassador, British Embassy Chisinau, Moldova. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Professor Ronjon NAG, Stanford University and Founder, R42 Group. For services to Entrepreneurship and to Artificial Intelligence.

Dr Tariq OBAIDE, Chair, The British Education Group. For services to British Education Overseas and to UK/Morocco Relations.

Lucy PINCHES, Project Manager, Mine Action Review. For services to Humanitarian Disarmament and Peacebuilding.

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.

Alexander PROFUMO, Head of Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Sohail RAHMAN, lately Anchor, Al Jazeera News. For services to Journalism and to Charitable Fundraising.

Amir RAMZAN, British Council Regional Director, Middle East/North Africa. For services to UK Cultural Relations Overseas.

Andrew SCOTT, Sculptor. For services to Sculpture and the Arts.

Andrew WAGGETT, Head of Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

MBE: Member of the Order of the British Empire

Ify AGBOOLA, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Tallinn, Estonia. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Alan BELL, Founder, The Vanessa Grant Girls School in Kenya. For services to Girls’ Education in Kenya.

Ryan CHAMBERLAIN, lately Technical Services Officer, British Embassy Tehran, Iran. For services to the British Embassy Tehran, Iran.

Elizabeth CHRISTOPHER JP, Lawyer. For services to Law and Justice in Bermuda.

Rufus DRABBLE, HM Consul General Miami, Florida, United States of America. For services to British Foreign Policy, to Trade and to British Nationals Overseas.

Scott DUNNING, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Elizabeth EATON, Trustee, Kenya Children Centres (UK). For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.

Dr Wilfred EATON, Chairman of Trustees, Kenya Children Centres (UK). For services to Child Welfare and Education in Kenya and to UK/Kenya Relations.

Christopher GAZE, Founder and Artistic Director, Bard on the Beach, Vancouver, Canada. For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.

Martin GILBERT, lately Director British Council, Austria, Switzerland and Nordics. For services to British Cultural Relations in Europe.

Steve GOVE, Founder and Director, Prague Fringe Festival, Czech Republic. For services to UK/Czech Republic Cultural Relations.

Jane GRIMSHAW, Founder and Chair of Mango Tree Goa. For services to the Education of Disadvantaged Children in India.

Jamie HALL, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Michael HAMBLIN, Director, The Mwezi Foundation. For services to Education in Kenya.

Alan HAYWARD, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Claire HEALY, Head, Afghanistan Relocations Islamabad Team, British High Commission Islamabad, Pakistan. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Martha HOLMAN, Founder, LoveZimbabwe. For services to Community Development in Zimbabwe and UK/Zimbabwe Relations.

Paul HUGHES, Joint Deputy Head, Gibraltar Negotiations Taskforce, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Fiona JOHNSTON, Volunteer and Charity Worker, Juliet Johnston School, Ghana. For services to Education and Charity in Ghana and to UK/Ghana Relations.

Nicola MILLINGTON, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Hector MONTADO, Chief Technical Officer, Government of Gibraltar. For services to His Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar.

Tara NIELSEN, Founder and Director of Acts of Random Kindness (ARK). For services to Charity and Community Development in the Cayman Islands.

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.

Lisa SAMUELSON, Director, Eden Myanmar. For services to Victims of Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia.

Jane SIDEBOTTOM, lately Deputy Director, Gibraltar Negotiations Taskforce, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Elizabeth SLINGER, Chair of Trustees, Medical Action Myanmar UK and Volunteer, Medical Action Myanmar. For services to Healthcare in Myanmar.

Hannah WHITTOCK, lately Joint Deputy Head, Gibraltar Negotiations Taskforce. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

BEM: British Empire Medal

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.

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.

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.

Barbara CONNELL, Founder and Chair, Kotu Trust. For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.

Sapphire DALTON, Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Clare DOWNEY, Founder, the Flying Pig Project, Willink School, Berkshire. For services to Children and Education in Moldova.

Matthew ELLIS, Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Charles ENTWISLE, President, Yachting Gives Back. For services to Charity and Vulnerable People in Mallorca.

Catherine GROVE, Founder, Kotu Trust. For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.

Alison HICKMAN, Founder and Trustee, Transform Salone. For services to the community in Sierra Leone

James HILL, Founder and Coordinator, Katangi Orphans Project. For services to Disadvantaged Children in Katangi, Kenya.

Mark JEWISS, Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Fiona MAXTON, Consular Regional Operations Manager, British Embassy Moscow, Russia. For services to British Foreign Policy and to British Nationals Overseas.

Glenda McTAGGART, Senior Manager, Education Programmes, Cayman Islands. For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.

Raymond PRITCHARD, Owner, Alpine Lifestyle Partners and former Welsh Masters Ski Champion. For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.

Gayl RUSSELL, Founder and Director, Community Kitchen, Brussels, Belgium. For services to Refugees and Vulnerable People in Brussels.

Keri SCOTT, Director of Education, Government of Gibraltar. For services to Education in Gibraltar.

Zoë TOWNSLEY, Assistant Administrator, the British Indian Ocean Territory. For services to British Foreign Policy.