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New Year Honours 2025 Overseas and International List: Order of St Michael and St George

Published 30 December 2024

DCMG: Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Eleanor SHARPSTON KC, Yorke Distinguished Visiting Fellow. Lately Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science. Formerly Advocate General, European Court of Justice. For services to Justice and to the Education of Law in the UK and Europe.

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

David QUARREY CMG, UK Permanent Representative to NATO, UK Delegation to NATO, Brussels. For services to British Foreign Policy and International Security.

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

Diane CORNER OBE, lately HM Consul-General, British Consulate-General Jerusalem. For services to British Foreign Policy.

John EDWARDS, Director for Investment, Department for Business and Trade. Formerly HM Trade Commissioner for China and Consul General to Shanghai. For services to International Trade and Investment.

Graeme GROOM, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, King’s College Hospital, London. Co-Chair and Volunteer surgeon, IDEALS Charity. Founder, Rebuild. For services to International Disaster and Emergency Aid.

Michael HARMAN, Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Dr Rachel KING, lately Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary and Director Private Office Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Dr Huw LLEWELLYN, Director, Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs. For services to International Law.

Stephen MANNION, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Founder, Feet First. For services to Trauma Surgery within Conflict and Disaster Zones Worldwide.

Professor Ashley MOFFETT, Professor of Reproductive Immunology, University of Cambridge. For services to Women’s Reproductive Health and to Clinical Research and Practice in Africa.

Richard SQUIRE OBE, Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Simon WALTERS, HM Ambassador, British Embassy Tel Aviv. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Matthew WYATT, Director, Humanitarian, Migration, and Food Security, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to International Development and UK Humanitarian Operations overseas.