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New Year Honours 2026 Overseas and International List: Order of the British Empire and appointments to Knight Bachelor

Published 29 December 2025

Knight Bachelor

Ian Stewart FORRESTER KC, Arbitrator and former Judge. For services to International Law.

Christopher Stephen VAJDA KC, Barrister and former Judge. For services to International Law.

Order of the British Empire

DBE (Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire)

Carol Colburn GRIGOR, Founder and Director, Dunard Fund UK and USA, President, The Colburn Foundation. For services to the Arts, Culture and Women in the UK.

CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire)

Gary GREEN, former Group Chief Operating Officer, North America, Compass Group and Business Advisor. For services to International Business, Industry and the UK Economy.

OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire)

Dr Dwomoa ADU, Honorary Consultant Nephrologist and Senior Research Fellow, University of Ghana Medical School. For services to treating Kidney Disease in the UK and Overseas.

Anne ASLETT, Global Chief Executive Officer, The Elton John Aids Foundation. For services to HIV, Healthcare, and equality in the UK and globally.

Mark BAMFORTH, Executive Chairman, Kincell Bio and General Partner of Kineticos AMR Accelerator Fund, United States of America. For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.

Yoshua BENGIO FRS, Scientific Director, Canada’s Artificial Intelligence Hub; UK Special Artificial Intelligence Advisor and Member of the United Nation’s Scientific Advisory Board. For services to Artificial Intelligence in the UK.

Allison Elizabeth BOOTH, Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Senay BULBUL, Political Counsellor, British Embassy Washington, United States of America. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Robbie BULLOCH, lately Director Gibraltar Negotiations, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to Gibraltar negotiations with the European Commission and Spain.

Gaynell HAYWARD-CAESAR, Sexual Assault Response Team Coordinator, and retired Nurse. For services to Healthcare in the community in Bermuda.

Rose CALDWELL, Chief Executive Officer, Plan International UK. For services to International Humanitarian Aid and Development.

Bruce CARTER, former Chairman of the Board, TB ALLIANCE. For services to the Treatment of Tuberculosis.

Catherine INGLEHEARN MBE, British Ambassador to Niger. For services to British Foreign Policy. 

Kenneth ISAAC, lately Head of DCAF (Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance) Country Office, Banjul, The Gambia. For services to the Security Sector in the UK and Overseas, specifically in The Gambia.

Dr Rachel KARRACH, Director, Tansen Mission Hospital, Tansen (UMHT), Nepal. For service to Healthcare in Nepal.

Jeremy KELLY, Founder, Board Chair and Lifetime Trustee, Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation. For services to supporting families suffering from Myotonic Dystrophy in the UK and Overseas.

Ewan KINDNESS, Specialist Programme Delivery Manager, Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC). For services to Advancing Counter Terrorism collaboration in Southeast Asia.

Patrick McCABE, lately Programme Manager, Explosive Ordnance Device Operations, United Nations Mine Action Service Occupied Palestinian Territory (UNMASOPT), Palestine. For services to the safe disposal of Explosive Ordnance Devices in Gaza.

Alison McEWEN, lately British Deputy Consul General, British Consulate-General Jerusalem. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Aled MILES, Welsh Government Envoy to the United States of America. For services to the Economy and the promotion of the Welsh Technology Sector.

Leo HORN-PHATHANOTHAI, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Just Transitions Incubator; Founder and Convenor, Bangkok Climate Action Week. For services to International Development and tackling Climate Change.

Charlotte PIERRE, lately British High Commissioner to Mauritius. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Michael RAINE, Programme Manager, APOPO Cambodia. For services to Humanitarian Land Mine Clearance and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Overseas.

Alexander Luke RHODES, Founding Trustee, Elephant Protection Initiative and Trustee and Chair, Tusk Trust. For services to Global Conservation.

David SAMPSON, Deputy Director, Baring Foundation. For services to LGBT+ equality in the UK and Overseas.

Richard SMITH, Board Member and Supervisor, British Chamber of Commerce Taipei. For services to UK Education and the British Community in Taiwan.

Dr Neil SQUIRES, Secretary General, The International Association of National Public Health Institutes. For services to Global Public Health.

Katherine Amelia STUART, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Andrew THORNE, Chairman, Kestrel Worldwide Shipping. For services to British Exports and to British Interests in the Caribbean.

Martin UDEN, President, British Korean War Veterans Association. For services to British Veterans of the Korean War, and to UK/Korea relations.

Graham WATSON, retired Consultant Urological Surgeon; Co-founder, Medi Tech Trust. For services to the development of Endo-Urological Science and to the training of Endo-Urology Overseas.

Owen Huw WILLIAMS, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire)

Sean AITA, Theatre Director and Playwright. For services to English Language and UK Culture in Europe.

Jean AJIN, Founder and Trustee, The Mityana Charity. For services to the local community in Mityana, Uganda.

Jekhan ARULIAH, Social and Entrepreneurship Coach. For services to Development in Sri Lanka.

David BARNES, Founder, the Strath-Kenya Project – Strathallan School, Forgandenny. For services to Children and Young People in Perthshire and Kenya.

Jacqueline BARRETT, former Future Olympic Host Cities Director, International Olympic Committee. For services to International Olympic Sport.

Andre BRAITHWAITE, Music Director, Elmore Stoutt High School, British Virgin Islands. For services to Young People and the Music Industry in the British Virgin Islands.

Stephen CAIN, lately President, Triangle British American Business Council, North Carolina, United States of America. For services to UK/North Carolina Commercial and Cultural Relations.

Robert CHATFIELD, Country Director, Argentina and Chile, British Council. For services to UK Soft Power and UK/Argentina Cultural Relations.

Dr Ahmad Masood CHEEMA, Consultant Surgeon, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Stanley, Falkland Islands. For services to the Falkland Islands.

Professor Kwangwook CHO, Professor of Neuroscience, Kings College London. For services to UK/Korea Relations in the areas of Science and Health.

Pauline CLARKE, lately Head, Archive Search, Information & Digital Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Mark COLLIER, Missionary, Board Member and Trustee, Friends in Action International Northern Ireland. For services to the provision of drinking water in Africa.

Carolyn DAVIDSON, former British Consul General, Osaka, Japan. For services to British Foreign Policy and British Trade and Investment.

Gareth DAVIES, Executive Director, the European Cleft Organisation. For services to Health in the UK and Overseas.

William Thornley EDMUNDS, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Harry Lubin FITZGERALD, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy. 

Victoria FLETCHER, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Women’s Centre Guirukhsor. For services to Women in Tajikistan.

Thomas FORSTER, Principal Ballet Dancer, American Ballet Theatre. For services to Dance.

Sarah ANNABLE-GARDNER, Chief Executive, Action Through Enterprise. For services to International Development in Ghana.

Claudia GARLAND, lately First Secretary, Counterterrorism and Strategic Threats, British Embassy Washington, United States of America. For services to British Foreign Policy and National Security.

Richard HALLOWS, Chair, the British Charitable Fund. For services to British Citizens in France.

Sigurd HAVELAND, Chief Paramedic and Divisional Clinical Lead (Primary & Emergency Services), Gibraltar Health Authorities; Chief Executive Officer, St Johns Ambulance - Gibraltar. For services to Health in Gibraltar.

Robert HOY, Christian Engineers in Development, Solace Ministries, Faith Centred Ministries Church, the Anglican Dioceses of Cyangugu and Byumba and The Safe Water Trust. For services to Water Engineering in Rwanda.

Janet JEFFREY, Founder, Physiotherapy Outreach Programme. For services to Children with Disabilities in Lesotho. 

Gloria HAMILTON-LIGHTBOURNE, Founder and former President, the National Cancer Society, the Turks and Caicos Islands. For services to Cancer Support and Health Advocacy in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Bruce John Lawton LOWE, Founding Member of the British American Chamber of Commerce, Great Lakes Region, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. For services to British Business in the United States of America.

Tracey Claire MAUND, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Elizabeth GRIER-MENAGER, Founder, Hands on London. For services to Volunteering and Charitable Fundraising.

Annette MIDDLETON, Registered Nurse; Trustee, Senior Nurse and Chief Organiser, Overseas Plastic Surgery Appeal. For services to Children suffering from Cleft Lip and Palate Conditions in Pakistan.

Christina Kim MILLER, former Head of UK Research Office, Brussels, Belgium. For services to UK Foreign Policy.

Ashley PEATFIELD, Co-Founder, The Funzi and Bodo Trust. For services to Development in Kenya.

Sara PEATFIELD, Co-Founder and Trustee, The Funzi and Bodo Trust. For services to Development in Kenya.

James John REED, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Caroline Amanda RYE, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Peter NASMYTH, Author and Conservator. For services to UK/Georgia relations.

Richard TILLEY, British Honorary Consul Eswatini. For services to UK/Eswatini relations and to British Nationals in Eswatini.

Dr Angeline TURNER, Iraq Senior Principal Research Analyst, Analysis Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy. 

Andrew WATTS, Senior Detentions Adviser, Counter-Terrorism Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National security.

Matthew WILLMORE, lately Regional Counter-Terrorism Officer for Central Asia, British Embassy Tashkent, Uzbekistan. For services to Counter Terrorism in Central Asia.

BEM (British Empire Medal)

Susan ANDERSON, Trustee and Executive Director, Atlas Foundation South Africa. For services to Charity through Sport.

Thomas ASHE, Founder, Favela Brass. For services to Music Education in Rio de Janeiro.

Alexander CANHAM, former Head, Corporate Services and British Consul, British Embassy Tehran, Iran. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Terry CURRAN, Commander, Jávea Volunteer Fire Brigade, Spain. For services to Firefighting in Spain.

Lee Edgar DAVIDSON, Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Katherine DREW, Executive Director, The Melanesian Mission UK. For services to UK/Solomon Islands relations.

Catherine MENTINK DUNCAN, former Councillor of Tourism & Foreign Affairs, Calvia Town Hall, Mallorca, Spain. For services to British Nationals in Mallorca.

Clare GOODALL, lately Diary Secretary to the British High Commissioner to Pakistan. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Joanna MACKENZIE MACQUEEN, Chieftain, Saint Andrew’s Society; Vice President, British Commonwealth Society; Advisory Board Member, Royal British Legion. For services to preserving Scottish Traditions in Chile and to UK/Chile relations.

Lynne McCUTCHEON, Founding Trustee and Chairman, and Secretary, New Futures Nepal. For services to Disadvantaged Children in Nepal and India.

Clifford PARRY, Teaching Operations Manager, British Council, Athens, Greece. For services to the English language and to UK/Greece Cultural Relations.

Jacqueline PREIS, Volunteer, The Christina Noble Children’s Foundation. For services to relieving Child Poverty in Mongolia.

Christopher SHELBOURNE, Director and Founding Trustee, Christian Partners in Africa. For services to Disadvantaged Communities in Uganda and Ethiopia.

Rosey SHELBOURNE, Director and Founding Trustee, Christian Partners in Africa. For services to Disadvantaged Communities in Uganda and Ethiopia.

Glenn STENNES, Founder and President of CSO Macedonian Front Society, and Honorary Supervisor, Commonwealth War Graves Commission North Macedonia. For services to UK Military Heritage Preservation.

Anthony STEVENS, Founder, The Daneford Trust; Chair of Trustees of Hackney Caribbean Elderly Organisation; Trustee of Friends of Street Children, Bangladesh. For services to Disadvantaged Communities in the UK and Overseas.

Juliet STOKER, Co-Founder & Trustee, Sparkes Homes Sri Lanka. For services to Orphaned and Vulnerable Girls in Sri Lanka.

Claire STRATTON, Co-Founder & Trustee, Sparkes Homes Sri Lanka. For services to Orphaned and Vulnerable Girls in Sri Lanka.

Darren WALLACE, Clerk of Works, Tenax, British Embassy Djibouti. For services to UK Overseas Infrastructure Projects.

Ruth WALNE, Nurse and Plaster Technician with Mercy Ships. For services to Children in Africa.

Dr Blanc WAN, Pianist, Musicologist, Immediate Past President of The Oxford and Cambridge Society of Hong Kong. For services to UK Higher Education and Music Culture in Hong Kong.