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New Year Honours 2026: Department for Business and Trade

Published 29 December 2025

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

• Omar Ali CBE, Global Financial Services Leader, Ernst and Young. For services to the financial services industry
• Neeta Atkar CBE JP, Lately Senior Independent Director to the Board, British Business Bank. For services to small business finance and the British Business Bank
• Mark Reynolds CBE, Group Executive Chair, Mace and Co-Chair, Construction Leadership Council. For services to business and the construction industry
• Cathryn Riley CBE, Lately Chair and Non-Executive Director, AA Insurance Services, Financial Services Compensation Scheme, Liberty Managing Agency Ltd, Nucleus Financial Group. For services to business leadership and inclusion
• Simon Roberts CBE, Chief Executive Officer, Sainsbury’s. For services to the retail industry

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

• Christopher Adelsbach OBE, Managing Partner Outrun Ventures. For services to entrepreneurship
• Shah Ruhul Amin OBE, Co-Founder and Chief Architect, Onfido. For services to fintech and artificial intelligence
• Simon Boyd OBE, Managing Director, John Reid and Sons Limited, REIDSteel. For services to British Steel Manufacturing and to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
• Elizabeth Brown OBE, Campaigner for Subpostmasters. For services to justice
• John Cooper OBE, Lately Chair, Cooper Car Company. For services to the automotive industry
• Michael Cooper OBE, Founder and Director, Waste to Wonder Network. For services to charity and to sustainability
• Peter Higgins OBE, Co-Founder, Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts. For services to commerce, to entrepreneurship and to education
• Professor Gurpreet Singh Jagpal OBE. For services to enterprise, entrepreneurship, education and policy
• Pamela Maynard OBE, Chief AI Transformation Officer, Microsoft. For services to business and technology
• Akin Onal OBE, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, MORI. For services to entrepreneurship
• Lady Demetra Pinsent OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Charlotte Tilbury. For services to business and to the beauty industry
• Dr Aderonke Savage OBE, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Jomas Associates Ltd. For services to young people, to business and to the construction industry
• Professor Frances Wall OBE, Professor of Applied Mineralogy, Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter. For services to geoscience and sustainable resource development

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

• Safaraz Ali MBE, Chief Executive Officer, Pathway Group. For services to diversity and inclusion in business
• Richard Clothier MBE, Managing Director, Wyke Farms. For services to sustainable agriculture and food production
• Teresa Colaianni MBE, Founder and Chair, WiHTL and Diversity in Retail. For services to inclusion in the hospitality, travel, leisure and retail sectors
• William Crawford MBE, Director and Co-Founder, Concrete Canvas Ltd. For services to engineering materials innovation and to export
• Alain Dilworth MBE, Programme Manager, Made Smarter Adoption Programme, The Growth Company. For services to business growth and digitalisation
• Andrew Fishburn MBE, Managing Director, Virgin StartUp. For services to small businesses and entrepreneurship
• Julie Kapsalis MBE, Lately Chair, Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership. For services to economic development
• Funmi Lawal MBE, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Clip-Knix. For services to disability, entrepreneurship and to volunteering
• Jonathan Linney MBE, Executive Chair, Implement AI Limited. For services to small business, to entrepreneurs, to investors, to banking and to diversity and social mobility
• Richard Marshall MBE, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pall Mall Barbers. For services to international trade, mentoring and to people with dyslexia
• Gail McManus MBE, Founder and Director, Private Equity Recruitment. For services to private equity and venture capital
• Simon Nokes MBE, Lately Executive Director for Policy and Strategy, Greater Manchester Combined Authority. For services to regional economic growth, policy development and investment strategies
• Clement Ogbonnaya MBE, Chief Executive Officer, We Are The Village People. For services to hospitality and to business
• John Spiers MBE, Chief Executive Officer, The EQ Foundation and Chair, EQ Investors. For services to business and to charity
• Benjamin Towers MBE, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Happl. For services to the startup business community, excellence in innovation and enterprise
• Kerry Turner MBE, Chief Executive Officer, Citizens Advice Solihull Borough. For services to Citizens Advice and the community in Solihull
• James Whiting MBE, Chief Executive Officer, The Skinny Food Company. For services to the food industry

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

• Adrienne Campbell BEM, VIP Liaison Officer, London Heathrow Airport. For services to the aviation industry
• Sonia Dixon BEM, VIP Liaison Officer, London Heathrow Airport. For services to the aviation industry
• Jenifer Fell BEM, Postmistress, Daventry Post Office. For services to the community in Hellidon, Northamptonshire
• Pritesh Pattni BEM, Postmaster, Bristol Street Post Office. For services to the community in Birmingham and to charity

Civil servants recognised in the New Year 2026 Honours List

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

• Jayne McCann OBE, Department for Business and Trade
• Phillip Patterson OBE, Department for Business and Trade
• Rory Wallace OBE, Department for Business and Trade

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

• Rachel Askew-Sammut MBE, Department for Business and Trade
• Sandra McNeish MBE, Department for Business and Trade

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

• Sahina Ugradar BEM, Department for Business and Trade