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The King's Birthday Honours 2025 Overseas and International List: Order of St Michael and St George

Published 13 June 2025

GCMG: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George

Sir Philip BARTON KCMG OBE, former Permanent Under-Secretary, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

KCMG: Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Stephen KAVANAGH QPM DL, lately INTERPOL Executive Director of Police Services. For services to International Policing and Public Safety.

CMG: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Christopher ANDERSON, Head, TED Conferences. For services to Entrepreneurship, Education and Global Understanding.

Mark BASSETT, lately Special Assistant to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna. For services to Global Nuclear Safety and Security.

Professor Frances GARDNER, Professor of Child and Family Psychology. For services to reducing Violence against Children.

Professor Edith HEARD FRS, Director General, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. For services to Science and to UK/France relations.

James KARIUKI, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York. For services to British Foreign Policy and National Security.

Professor David LALLOO, Vice Chancellor, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. For services to Global Health and International Development, and leadership in Higher Education.

Andrew MURDOCH, Governor of Bermuda and lately Legal Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Christopher RAMPLING MBE, lately Director, National Security, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy and National Security.

Corin ROBERTSON, Director General, Finance and Corporate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Katherine ROWE, Director General, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy and National Security.

Dr Paul SMITH, Secretary General, Botanic Gardens Conservation International. For services to International Plant Conservation.

Beverley TEW, Lead Non-Executive Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Trustee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Plan International UK. For services to International Development, Commerce and Charity.

Charles WALKER MBE, Director International Operations, British Council. For services to UK Cultural relations.