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New Year Honours 2021 Overseas and International List: Knight Bachelor and Order of the British Empire
Updated 30 December 2020
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| Level | Award | Name | Job title | Short citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knight Bachelor | Kt | Roger Alexander DEAKINS CBE | Cinematographer. | For services to film |
| Knight Bachelor | Kt | Lewis Carl Davidson HAMILTON MBE | Formula One Racing Driver. | For services to Motorsports |
| Order of the British Empire (Commander) | CBE | Martin Laing GORDON OBE | Founder and Chairman of Barry and Martin’s Trust. | For services to people living with HIV and AIDS in China |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Dr Peter John ABBOTT | lately Director, Corporate Services, British High Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Professor Sayed Nader AZAM-ALI | Chief Executive Officer, Crops for the Future. | For services to Underutilised Crops and improving Food Security |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Catherine Ruth ALLUM | Deputy Head, Crisis Management Department, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | David John BICKLE | President, British Chamber of Commerce, Japan and Partner, Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co. | For services to UK/Japan relations |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Jonathan Craig BROWNING | Deputy Director National Cyber Security Centre Digital Government. | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Christopher Charles BUTLER | lately Chairman, British Chamber of Commerce, Vilnius, Lithuania. | For services to promoting British commercial interests in Lithuania |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Susan CAMPBELL | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Darren Edward CHAPMAN | Deputy Director Estate Services, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British Foreign Policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Deborah Anne CLARKE | Department for International Trade Country Director, Malaysia. | For services to International Trade |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Laura Mary CLARKE | British High Commissioner, Wellington, New Zealand. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Stephen Jonathan Edward CRANE | Chief Executive Officer Business Link Japan. | For services to British exports to Japan and to UK/Japan relations |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Matthew Peter CROW | First Secretary, British Embassy, Beijing, China. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Sarah Jane DOCHERTY | Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Secretary. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Brian William GILCHRIST | Honorary Legal Advisor British Consulate General, Hong Kong. | For services to the British Consulate General in Hong Kong |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Gabrielle GOWER | Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Daniel GRAYMORE | Head of Global Funds Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to International Development |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Nicholas Mark GUTTMANN | lately Head of Humanitarian, Christian Aid. | For services to Humanitarian Crises. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Michael HEALY | General Manager, Corporate Travel Management. | For services to supporting British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Alicia Jacinta HERBERT | Head of Children, Youth and Education, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to Development |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Melanie Claire HOPKINS | lately British High Commissioner, Suva, Fiji. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Nicola Jayne HUDSON | Director National Cyber Security Centre Policy and Communications. | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Elizabeth Ruth HUGHES | Chief Executive Officer, Map Action. | For services to Humanitarian Crisis operations. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Matthew John HURN | Chief Financial Officer, Alternative Investments and Infrastructure, Mubadala Investment Company and Chairman, Association of Corporate Treasurers, Middle East. | For services to UK/UAE financial relations |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Dr. Timothy John HUXLEY | Executive Director, International Institute for Strategic Studies Asia. | For services to Security in Asia |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Aman IBRAHIMKHEL | Cultural Advisor. | For services to UK/Afghanistan relations |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Dr. Matthew JACKSON | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Christopher Ian KEAY | Defence Counsellor, UK Delegation to NATO, Brussels, Belgium. | For services to Defence |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Dr. Christopher Richard LEWIS | Deputy Director, Covid-19 Science, Head of Profession for Health, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to International Development |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Stanley William Frederick MARTIN CVO | Protocol Adviser. | For services to British diplomacy |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Austin MITCHELL | Head, Crisis Management Department, Consular Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Nicholas MONKHOUSE | Deputy Head, Negotiations and Readiness Co-ordination Department, Europe Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Professor Michael Peter MOORE | Chief Executive Officer, International Centre for Tax and Development. | For services to International Development |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Ute Christine PAETZIG | Director, UK-German Connection. | For services to UK/Germany relations |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Lois Abigail PERRY | Senior Nutrition Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to International Development |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Dr Raghu Rama PILLARISETTI | Director and Consultant Breast Surgeon, KIMS-USHALAKSHMI Centre for Breast Diseases. | For services to Breast Cancer care and Surgical Education in India and to UK/India relations. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Weston John PIPER | Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Stephen Philip ROBBINS | Deputy Chief Information Officer, Knowledge and Technology Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Tania Helen SMITH | Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Andrew Keith SOPER | HM Ambassador, Caracas, Venezuela. | For services to British foreign policy. |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Dr Kevin THACKER | Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Cathryn Nerys Rhiannon TURTON | Head of Development Office Zimbabwe and South Africa, British Embassy, Harare, Zimbabwe. | For services to Humanitarian Relief and International Development |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Eric PENTON-VOAK | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Saul Sebastian WALKER | Deputy Director, Covid-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to International Development |
| Order of the British Empire (Officer) | OBE | Margaret Elizabeth WILLIAMS | lately Consular Regional Director for the Americas. | For services to British nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Sheikh Mansoor AHMAD | Senior Private Sector Development Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to International Development |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Jasmine Stephanie BAKER | Head of Asset Management and Insurance, British Embassy, Beijing, China. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Stephen David BOLEY | Voluntary Service Overseas volunteer. | For services to International Development |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Sophie Madeleine BRACKEN | Policy Adviser, Global Funds Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to International Development |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Declan BYRNE | lately Head of Partnerships Team, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Joanne Marie CADDY | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Ann Letitia COWAN | HM Consul and Consular Regional Operation Manager, British High Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan. | For services to British Nationals |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Dean COWELL | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Daniel James COWEN | Head of Financial Services, British Embassy, Beijing, China. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Sarah Elizabeth COWLEY | Vice Consul, British Embassy Montevideo, Uruguay. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Elaine DEACON | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Christopher Matthew DUNN | Head of Infrastructure and Environment, British Consulate General, Shanghai, China. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Professor Carlton Anthony William EVANS | Professor of Global Health, IFHAD: Innovation For Health And Development, Imperial College London; and Honorary Consultant Physician, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. | For services to global health |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Stanley Matthew EVANS | Chair, British Business Group, Lagos, Nigeria. | For services to British industries overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Adam BAIRD-FRASER | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Alexandra Louise Charlotte Stokes FREEGARD | Head, Office 365 Communications, Knowledge and Technology Directorate and lately Chair of FCO ‘Enable’ staff disability network, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | William GRAVES | Trustee of the Fundacion Robert Graves. | For services to British culture and literature in Spain |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Simon GROVES | Aviation Security Liaison Officer, British High Commission, New Delhi, India. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Kim Nicola HALLYBONE | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Andrew John HAMILTON | Team Leader, C-19 Business Management, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | John HAMILTON | Head, Prosperity Team, British High Commission, Nairobi, Kenya. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | David Mark HANMER | Area Representative and Regional Case Worker, Royal British Legion, Portugal Branch. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Professor Philip Leslie HEYWOOD | Voluntary Service Overseas Volunteer. | For services to Maternal Healthcare overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Alison Rachel IVES | Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Perrigo. | For services to Health in the UK |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Lawrence Owen JENKINS | Consular Regional Operations Manager, British Embassy, Bogota, Colombia. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Sarah JEVONS | lately Head of Programme, China Health Prosperity Fund, British Embassy, Beijing, China. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Daniel KIBBLE | Policy Manager, Global Funds Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to International Development. |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Colin LEEMAN | First Secretary, Trade Policy, British High Commission, Wellington, New Zealand. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Alistair James Butchart LIVINGSTON | Senior Advisor, Office of the Kosovo Prime Minister. | For services to UK/Kosovo relations and conflict resolution. |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Christopher Thomas LOMAX | Second Secretary Human Rights, UK Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. | For services to Human Rights |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Andrew Terence MAHONEY | Trustee of The 24x7 Special Needs Holiday Trust. | For services to supporting those with special needs and their families |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Peter Jonathan MANN | Chairman, Royal Commonwealth Society, Hong Kong Branch. | For services to the Commonwealth Community in Hong Kong and Asia. |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Philip John MANNS | Overseas Security Adviser, Estates and Security Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to Security |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Christopher Edward MAULE | Head of IT Delivery, Knowledge and Technology Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Robert David McFAWN | lately Head, Travel Advice Team, Consular Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Elizabeth Anne McKINNELL | First Secretary, British High Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Sarah Katherine McLEAN | Founder and Chairman of Help for Forgotten Allies. | For services to the Burmese ex-Servicemen of the Crown during WWII |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Alan Philip MILLS | Volunteer, MapAction. | For services to International Development |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Suzanne MOONEY | Founder and President of the Lost Food Project. | For services to supporting Disadvantaged Communities in Malaysia |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Simon Arthur MOSELEY | lately First Secretary, Lead Secure Technical Services Officer, FCDO Services, British Embassy, Beijing, China. | For services to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Paul MUIR | Transparency Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to Development |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Alan MURRELL | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Patricia NAPIER | Chair Baynards Zambia Trust. | For services to Zambian communities |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Duncan OVERFIELD | Deputy Development Director, Asia Regional, British High Commission, New Delhi, India. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Nicholas PARRY | Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Sanjay PATEL | Founder Station Soccer. | For services to Social Mobility, the promotion of Prosperity and to Education in Atlanta through Football |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Laura Leanne PAYNE | Europe Strategy Planning and Delivery, Europe Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Ruth Diana PERROTT | Optometrist. | For services to people with sight impairments in Africa |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Teresa Ann PHILLIPS | Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Anthony William PITALUGA | Government Archivist, Gibraltar. | For services to the History and Culture of Gibraltar |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Joseph Bernard PLUMB | lately British Honorary Consul, Iquitos, Peru. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Sylvie PROVAN | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Andrew ROBERTS | Founder, Revive Home for Vulnerable Children. | For services to Vulnerable Children in Northeast Brazil |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Rebecca Susan RUSSO | Elections Officer, UK Mission to the United Nations, New York, United States of America. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Martin SAMUEL | International Film Hair stylist. | For services to International Screen hair styling |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Amy Louise SMITH | lately Head of Ireland Team, Europe Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Ann Maria Timandra SNOW | lately Head of Iran Nuclear Team, Middle East and North Africa Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Michelle Marie STEWART | Operations Manager, Consular Contact Centre, Malaga, Spain. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Elieen Margaret STOW | Vice Chairman, British Chamber of Commerce in Macao and Director and Chief Executive, Lord Stow’s Bakeries and Cafes, Macao. | For services to British Business, to Education and to Culture. |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Charlotte Louise DIXON-SUTCLIFFE | Campaigner. | For services to supporting Victims of Terrorism in the UK and Belgium |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Mandy TENNANT | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | David Graham THOMAS BEM | President, Safe Communities Portugal. | For services to Public Safety and to British Nationals in Portugal |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Nick Alexander THORPE | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Benjamin WASTNAGE | Head, Foreign Policy Team, British Embassy, Paris, France and lately Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy, Beirut, Lebanon. | For services to British interests in Lebanon |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Ann WHYBROW | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Captain Adam Reginald WILLIAMS | Captain of MV Helena. | For services to St Helena and its Covid-19 response |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Lady Elizabeth Abbott WRIGHT | Manager, British Diplomatic Oral History Programme. | For services to public understanding of UK foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire (Member) | MBE | Andrew Costas ZIARDIS | HM Consul, British Embassy Tokyo and Consular Regional Operations Manager. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Penelope Margaret AHLGRIMM | Freelance Physiotherapist. | For services to the Elderly in the British and Brazilian communities |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Nargus AKHTAR | lately Training and Exercise Officer, Crisis Management Department, Consular Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Richard Corri BARROW | Travel Blogger, Thailand. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Billy Thomas BENNETT | Team Leader, Consular Assistance Department, Consular Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Ryan BENNETT | Engagement Manager, Transformation Department, Knowledge and Technology Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Rachel BLACK | Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Sheila Anne BOWER | Volunteer for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. | For services to British Nationals in Spain |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Dr. Gillian Rosemary Tilden BULLOCK | Chair, Childrens Health and Development in Kenya. | For services to Families in rural Kenya |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | David James CARTWRIGHT | Managing Director, ATI Holidays. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Matthew James CARTWRIGHT | Head of Corporate Services, British Embassy, Beijing, China. | For services to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Tamara Renee COLLARD | Going Abroad Advisor, Diplomatic Service Families Association. | For services to British Diplomats and their families |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Jason Gyan DOONDEEA | Vice Consul, British High Commission, New Delhi, India. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Samantha Jane GREEN | Chief Executive Officer, Dogstar Foundation, Sri Lanka. | For services to Animal Welfare |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Barry HAMILTON | President and Director of Training, FAST (Medical Emergency Responders), Camposol, Mazaron, Spain. | For services to British Nationals in Spain |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Erin Victoria HARVEY | Aviation Security Liaison Officer, British Embassy, Tunis, Tunisia. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Rhys Alan HOBBS | Project Manager, St. Helena Government. | For services to St. Helena and its Covid-19 response |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Joshua MOLYNEUX | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Pradeepkumar PARMAR | Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Services. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Hilary PEARCE | Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to National Security |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Freddy Edward PEARSON | Rapid Deployment Team Member, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British Nationals overseas |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Rebecca Louise PLATT | Advanced Clinical Practitioner at BARTS Health NHS Trust. | For services to Humanitarian Response |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Jasper REID | Chief Executive, IMM Associates | For services to UK/India relations |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Barnaby James Lansley SANDOW | former Principal, Jerudong International School, Brunei. | For services to Education |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Ian STEWART | Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Jane Caroline STRANGWAYS, | Programme Manager, The HALO Trust, Somaliland. | For services to the Covid-19 response in Somaliland |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Mary Elizabeth WATKINS | Volunteer Teacher Trainer, Voluntary Service Overseas. | For services to Education overseas |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Keith Allan WINCE | Engineer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Services. | For services to British foreign policy |
| Order of the British Empire | BEM | Nicholas David Milman WOOLF | Volunteer Paramedic. | For services to Emergency Medicine and Disaster response |