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The King's Birthday Honours 2025 Overseas and International List: Order of the British Empire

Published 13 June 2025

CBE: Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Christian SALBAING, Deputy Chairman, Europe, Hutchison Whampoa (Europe) Ltd. For services to Investment in the UK.

Valerie TAYLOR OBE, Founder, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Bangladesh. For services to Disadvantaged People in Bangladesh.

OBE: Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Professor Michael BENTLEY, Professor of Geography, Durham University. For services to Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Science.

Professor James BROWN, Discipline Leader (Maths), University of Technology, Sydney. For services to Statistics in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Dr Mary BUNN, Palliative Care Doctor, Sierra Leone; Trustee of Hospice Africa UK. For services to the Development of Palliative Care in Sierra Leone.

Simon BUSH, Director of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Sightsavers. For services to the Control and Elimination of Global Neglected Tropical Diseases.

David CARTER, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Professor Christopher CLAPHAM, Retired Professor, The Centre of African Studies, Cambridge University. For services to Academia, Foreign Policy, and UK relations with the Horn of Africa.

Emeritus Professor Kevin FEATHERSTONE, Emeritus Professor (European Institute) and Professorial Research Fellow at the Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics. For services to Academia and to UK/Greece relations.

Matthew FEATHERSTONE, President, Cricket Brazil. For services to Sport and Disadvantaged Communities, Women and Girls Overseas.

Dr Yvonne GREENSTREET, Chief Executive Officer, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. For services to the UK/US Biotechnology and Life Sciences Industry.

Edward HANNAH, Head of Overseas Estates Department and Chief Engineer, Estates, Security & Network Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Christopher CAMPBELL-HOLT, Registrar and Chief Executive of the Astana International Finance Centre Court and International Arbitration Centre, Kazakhstan. For services to the Rule of Law and the English Common Law.

Dulcie JAMES, Policy advisor for the Ministry of Finance, and Retired Commissioner, Financial Services Commission, Montserrat. For services to Public and Financial services and Community Development in Montserrat.

Dr Anne KERR, Chair of the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong; Global Head of Cities and Managing Director Greater China, Mott MacDonald, Hong Kong. For services to UK Business and Trade.

Dr Martin MILTON, Director, International Bureau of Weights and Measures (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, BIPM). For services to Measurement Science.

Dr Robin MILTON, lately Deputy Director, Humanitarian Development & Economic Department, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Michael NITHAVRIANAKIS MVO, lately British Ambassador to Somalia. For services to British Foreign Policy and to Education in Pakistan.

Stephen PALMER, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Professor Andrew ROWLAND JP, Officer for Child Protection, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; Board Member, M’Lop Tapang; Chair of the Board of Trustees, SicKids. For services to Safeguarding and the Protection of Children’s Rights.

Kirsty SMITH, Chief Executive Officer, CBM UK. For services to People Living with Disabilities Overseas.

Professor Mary STEEN, Professor of Midwifery, Curtin University and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth, Australia. For services to Midwifery and Maternal and Familial Health research.

Martyn STEWART, Nature Sound Recordist. For Services to the Natural World.

Billy STEWART MBE, lately Development Director, British Consulate General Jerusalem. For services to International Development.

Sarah SURGENOR, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Ann SWAMPILLAI, Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Helen TWIST, lately Private Secretary to the Permanent Under-Secretaries of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Professor Natalie WARAN, Emeritus Professor (One Welfare), the Eastern Institute of Technology, Honorary Professor, University of Edinburgh and Hartpury University; Director, Companion Animals New Zealand Good Life for Animals Centre. For services to Equine Welfare, Research and Education.

Professor Andrew WESTBY, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Knowledge Exchange, University of Greenwich; Former Director, Natural Resources Institute. For services to Research in Food Security and Leadership of the Natural Resources Institute.

MBE: Member of the Order of the British Empire

Damian ADAMS, lately President of the British Chamber of Commerce Singapore. For services to British Business interests in Singapore.

Heather ARMSTRONG, Director, Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust. For services to Animal Welfare and the Alleviation of Poverty in The Gambia.

Stephen ASHWORTH, Regional Finance Director, British Council in the Americas. For services to UK/Americas Cultural relations.

Stuart BAGSHAW, Chairman, Love of the Game; lately Chairman, the British American Business Network, Chairman and Trustee, the Atlas Foundation Americas and Chairman, Play Rugby USA. For services to UK/US Business and Trade and to Charity.

Lindsay BAKER, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Gary BENNETT, Founder, the Scottish Emergency Rescue Association. For services to Charity through the support to Fire Services Internationally.

Dr Benjamin BURT, Curator, Oceania Section, the British Museum. For services to UK/Solomon Islands relations.

Nicola BUXTON, Executive Director, Belize Bird Rescue. For services to Conservation, Education and Preservation of Bird Life in Belize.

Dr Peter COOPER, Retired Soil Scientist. For services to Science and Scientific Research, particularly Soil Health.

Khalida COX, lately Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Operations Manager, British High Commission Apia, Samoa. For services to British Foreign Policy.

James DODDS, Partner, KPMG Japan; Director, Refugees Empowerment International. For services to The British Community in Japan through Education, Business and Trade and to Charity.

Professor Toby DODGE, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics. For services to UK interests in Iraq.

Stuart D’SOUZA, Chief Executive Officer, Arabian Enterprise Incubators. For services to UK Business and Trade in Saudi Arabia.

Niall FRY, Team Leader, Global Health Security, Health and Security Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to International Development.

Raj GHOSE, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Annie GREEN, Co-Chair, Childline Gibraltar. For services to Vulnerable Children in Gibraltar.

Jonathan HAMILTON, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Inspire Indonesia. For services to Sport for Youth Social Development in Indonesia.

Dr Jean HANDSCOMBE, Volunteer for the Historical, Archaeological, Archive and Museum Committee, the National Trust Montserrat. For services to the preservation of Cultural and Historical Records in Montserrat.

Carol HARDMAN, Founding Director, Vipingo Village Fund Charity. For services to Education and Charity in Kenya.

Joanne HEALEY, Executive Director, British American Business Council. For services to British business in the United States of America.

Caroline LAMB, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Christian Relief, Education, Skills & Sustainability (CRESS). For services to South Sudanese Refugees.

Margaret LLOYD, Volunteer, Built Heritage Committee, Bermuda National Trust. For services to Architectural Heritage in Bermuda.

Professor Mohamed LOUTFI, President and Vice-Chancellor, The British University in Egypt. For services to Education in the United Kingdom and Egypt.

Glenn LUDLOW, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Ainsley MANN, President Director, PT Swire Investments Indonesia; Scottish Government Trade and Investment Envoy to Indonesia. For services to Scottish, and other UK business interests in Indonesia.

Terrence MARTIN, Founder, Wessex School, Concepcion Chile. For services to British Education in Chile.

Kay McARDLE, Lawyer; Founder and Director, Equal Justice Ltd. For services to Community Legal Access and Women’s Rights in Hong Kong.

Lesley MISTRY, Trustee and Lead Nurse, Healing Little Hearts Global Foundation. For services to the co-ordination of Heart Surgery for Children Internationally.

Dr Winston MOORE, Chairman, the Anglo Bolivian Society. For services to the Bolivian Community in the United Kingdom, to UK/Bolivia Business and Trade and to Charity.

Denise MURTON, Chief Inspector, Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. For services to Animal Welfare in Zimbabwe.

Matthew OSBORNE, lately Head of the United Nation Cybercrime Convention Negotiations, Cyber Policy Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Susan OZTURK, Founder and Trustee, the Vera Thomson English School, Rakhine State, Myanmar. For services to Children’s Education and Healthcare in Myanmar.

Joan POLLOCK, Founder and Chair, The Spiti Projects, Himachal Pradesh, India. For services to Health and Education for the people of the Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Lewis PORTER, Senior Site Manager, FCDO Services. For services to National Security and Defence in the Falkland Islands.

Michael RICHARDS, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Geoffrey ROBERTS, Battle of Arnhem Veteran. For services to the Commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem and to Charity.

Martin SMITH, Independent Analyst and Reporter; Trustee, Prospect Burma. For services to Development in Myanmar.

Paul TAYLOR, Supervisor and Founding Partner, Unique Hotels Group. For services to UK/Estonia relations.

Janet VARNEY, lately Nurse; Volunteer, the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Bangladesh; Trustee, Harbour Housing, United Kingdom. For services to Disabled and Disadvantaged people in Bangladesh and the United Kingdom.

Roger VARNEY, Volunteer, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, Bangladesh and for Harbour Housing, United Kingdom. For services to Disabled and Disadvantaged people in Bangladesh and the United Kingdom.

David WEBB, Independent Investor and Corporate Transparency Campaigner; Founder, Webb-site. For services to Raising Standards of Corporate Economic Governance, particularly in Hong Kong.

Professor Maurice WHITEHEAD, Director of Heritage Collections and Research Fellow, Venerable English College, Rome. For services to the development of British Heritage in Rome, Italy.

Garreth WOOD, Co-Founder and Chairman, Kids Operating Room. For services to Health and Charity, particularly Surgery for Children internationally.

Nicola WOOD, Co-Founder and Trustee, Kids Operating Room. For services to Health and Charity, particularly Surgery for Children internationally.

Michael WOOLLARD, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

BEM: British Empire Medal

John BERRY, Co-Founder, Jack Berry Fijian Foundation. For services to Education in Fiji.

Tina BERRY, Co-Founder, Jack Berry Fijian Foundation. For services to Education in Fiji.

Elizabeth BURROWES, Director of Music Education, Brass for Africa, Uganda. For services to Music Education for Disadvantaged Young People in Africa.

Jack NETTLETON BURROWS, lately Second Secretary Political, British Embassy Tel Aviv, Israel. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Dr Jennifer CHANDLER-COOKE, lately Second Secretary Political, British Embassy Tel Aviv, Israel. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Julie COOPER, Charity Fundraiser, the British Virgin Islands. For services to Charity Fundraising in the British Virgin Islands.

Mark COOPER, Charity Fundraiser for Cancer Relief, Gibraltar. For services to Charity Fundraising in Gibraltar.

Annabel MITCHELL-GEARS, lately Political Consul, British Consulate General Jerusalem. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Haytham HAMAD, Vice Consul, British Consulate General Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For services to British Nationals Overseas.

Sharoon LALLMAHOMED, Corporate Services Manager, British High Commission Port Louis, Mauritius. For services to the British High Commission in Port Louis.

Denis LEWIS, Honorary Representative for the Kings African Rifles Veterans Trust (Malawi). For services to Veterans and their families in Malawi.

Michael McCARTHY, Lay Canon, lately Director of Music, Washington National Cathedral, United States of America. For services to Music and to UK/US relations.

Angela McGRATH, President, Cala Nova Cancer Care charity, Mallorca, Spain. For services to Charity Fundraising in Mallorca, Spain.

Julian MURRAY, Vice Consul, British Consulate General Jerusalem. For services to British Nationals in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Warren ROBE, lately Technical Works Supervisor, British Embassy Tehran. For services to the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran.

Susan ROUTLEDGE, Founder and Chair, Pitt Hopkins UK. For services to raising awareness of Pitt-Hopkins syndrome.

Diane SWAN, Co-Founder and Treasurer, The Meserani Project, Tanzania. For services to Young People and Communities in Tanzania and the United Kingdom.

Peter SWAN, Co-Founder and Chairman, The Meserani Project, Tanzania. For services to Young People and Communities in Tanzania and the United Kingdom.

Hannah TURNER, Teacher; Chairperson, Manama Theatre Club, Bahrain. For services to the promotion of British Culture and the Arts in Bahrain.

Robert WILLIAMS, Chair and Co-Founder, Knights in White Lycra, Japan. For services to Charity Fundraising in Japan.

Margaret KIMBER-ZAHARIA, Founder, Little John’s House, Romania. For services to Children and Young Adults with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities in Romania.