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The King's Birthday Honours 2024 Overseas and International List: Knight Bachelor and Order of the British Empire

Published 14 June 2024

Knight Bachelor

Professor Roderick BEATON, Writer and Historian. For services to History and to UK/Greece relations.

Dr M Stanley WHITTINGHAM, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Binghamton, New York, United States of America. For services to Chemistry.

Order of the British Empire

CBE: Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Jeremy GREEN, Founder/Managing Partner, Redmile Group. For services to Business, Philanthropy and Support to the King’s Trust.

OBE: Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Nasira ASHRAF, lately Deputy Head of Mission, UK Mission to Afghanistan. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Dr Rachel BAGGALEY, lately Unit Head, Testing, Prevention and Populations; Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes, World Health Organisation, Switzerland. For services to people living with HIV and to Global Health.

Jon BARNARD, Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Helen BARNES, Deputy Development Director Ukraine, British Embassy Kyiv. For services to International Development.

Dr Simon BATCHELOR, Director, Gamos Ltd. For services to Technological Innovation in the Developing World.

Keith BILES, JP, Speaker of the House, Falkland Islands. For services to the community in the Falkland Islands.

Laurence BROYD, Senior Research Analyst, Research and Evidence Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Martin FLINTHAM, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Professor Kenneth HENDERSON, Chancellor and Senior Vice President for Learning, Northeastern University, Boston, United States of America. For services to Higher Education Partnerships between the United States and the United Kingdom.

Thomas KELLY, lately UK Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Rome, Italy. For services to International Development.

Professor Thomas KITCHING, Professor of Astrophysics, Department of Space and Climate Physics, University College London. For services to International Relations in the field of Emerging Technology.

Orysia LUTSEVYCH, Deputy Director and Head of the Ukraine Forum in Chatham House. For services to International Relations.

Isabelle MARSH, Acting Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Tehran, Iran. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Joanne McLAUGHLIN, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Nigel MILVERTON, Senior Reports Officer, Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism. For services to Peace in South Sudan.

Giles MONTAGNON, lately Minister Counsellor, British Embassy Beijing, China. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Alan PARFITT, MBE, Research Analyst, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Zahid TORRES-RAHMAN, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Business Fights Poverty. For services to International Development.

Charles RAHTZ, Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Charles REEVE, Counsellor Global Affairs, British Embassy Beijing, China. For services to British Foreign Policy.

James SOMMERVILLE, Graphic Designer and International Ambassador, King’s Trust. For services to the Creative Industry, to Entrepreneurship and to Disadvantaged Young People.

Phillida STRACHAN, lately Head, Humanitarian Response Group, Humanitarian, Migration and Food Security Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to International Development.

Dr Claudia TURNER, Consultant Paediatrician, the Cambodia-Oxford Medical Research Unit, Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia. For services to Children’s Health in Cambodia and Thailand.

Professor Paul TURNER, Director, the Cambodia-Oxford Medical Research Unit, Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia. For services to Children’s Health in Cambodia and Thailand.

Stuart VEVERS, Creative Director, Coach, New York, United States of America. For services to Fashion and UK/US Creative Relations.

Fleur WILLSON, Consular Regional Director, Europe South Network, British Embassy Madrid, Spain. For services to British Nationals Overseas and Crisis Management.

MBE: Member of the Order of the British Empire

Steven CARR, Founder, Dnipro Kids. For services to Children in Ukraine and support to the Ukrainian Community in Scotland.

Anna CAVELL, Owner, Fire Tree Hotel, Juba, South Sudan; Chair, the South Sudan British Business Association. For services to Victims of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in South Sudan.

Jax COMYN, Co-founder, Bushbells. For services to Education in Kenya.

Maureen DEVEREUX, Co-founder, Trustee and Patron, The Sean Devereux Children’s Fund. For services to Education and Humanitarian support to Children in Africa.

Susan DOAK, Midwife, Cayman Islands. For services to Healthcare in the Cayman Islands.

Angela FARRUGIA, Founder and Group Managing Director, Brand X Society. For services to Business and Licensing.

Donatella FITZGERALD, English Language Learning Consultant - Supervisor General Sales Management, Pearson, Italy. For services to English Education and Youth Engagement in Italy.

Peter FLEMING, Co-founder, Kick4Life. For services to Sport for Social Change in Lesotho.

Stephen FLEMING, Co-founder, Kick4Life. For services to Sport for Social Change in Lesotho.

Monique FOULCER, lately Management Counsellor, British Embassy Paris, France. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Liz FURBER, Co-founder and Financial Director, Ripple Africa. For services to Education, to Health and to the Environment in Malawi.

Geoff FURBER, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ripple Africa. For services to Education, to Health and to the Environment in Malawi.

Dr Shirley HEYWOOD, Gynaecologist, International Nepal Fellowship. For services to Women’s Health in Nepal.

Margaret JARRETT, Founder, Overseas Aid for the Kids of Sierra Leone. For services to Children’s Education in Sierra Leone.

Nitin KAPOOR, Vice President, BioPharmaceuticals International and Chairman, AstraZeneca Vietnam. For services to Healthcare and UK/Vietnam relations.

Valerie KNIGHT, Vice Consul, British High Commission Nairobi, Kenya. For services to British Nationals in Kenya.

Shaun LEWIS, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Peter MACFARLANE, Theatre and Opera Director, Argentina. For services to British Theatre and the British Community in Argentina.

Susan MACHIN, Founder, Jarjeer Mules and Donkey Refuge, Marrakesh, Morocco. For services to Equine Welfare in Morocco.

Nicholas MAGNUS, Head, Dulwich College (Singapore). For services to British Education and British Communities Overseas.

John McGURK, Founder, Sportler 4 a Childrens World, Germany. For services to Fundraising for Disadvantaged Children.

Charlotte MEYER, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to National Security.

Simone PAISSONI, Honorary British Consul, Nice, France. For services to British Nationals in France.

Sandra PEARCE, lately Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Jadranka, Lady BERESFORD-PEIRSE, Founder and Trustee, The International Trust for Croatian Monuments. For services to UK/Croatia relations, to Philanthropy and to the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Croatia.

Margaret SACARELLO, Founder, Research Into Childhood Cancer, Gibraltar. For services to Charity in Gibraltar.

Harshi SEHMAR, Co-founder and Director, The Village International Education Centre, Bangkok, Thailand. For services to Special Needs Education in Thailand.

John SHACKLETON, Founder, Aid to Eastern Europe. For services to Fundraising and the Provision of Humanitarian Aid and Medical Equipment to Eastern Europe.

Ian STEIN, General Manager, British Chamber of Commerce, Venezuela. For services to British Commercial Interests in Venezuela.

The Reverend Frances TAKIS, Deacon, Eswatini. For services to the Community in Eswatini.

David WALLWORK, Founder, The David School, Mile 36, Sierra Leone and Trustee, The David School Trust. For services to Education in Sierra Leone.

Richard WARBURTON, Former President and Board Member, British Chamber of Commerce Singapore. For services to British Commercial Interests and the British Community in Singapore.

Bridget WITHELL, Trustee, Uganda Concern UK, supporting Uganda Woman Concern Ministry, Uganda. For services to Communities and Women in Uganda.

Roy YATES, President, British American Chamber of Commerce, Broward and Palm Beach Counties, United States of America. For services to British Businesses in Broward and Palm Beach Counties in the United States of America.

BEM: British Empire Medal

Lesley BLAKE, Branch Secretary, SSAFA The Armed Forces Charity France. For services to British Veterans in France.

Carleigh CHADWICK, Community Liaison Officer, British Embassy Harare, Zimbabwe. For services to staff and families at the British Embassy in Harare.

Paul LE CORNU, Deputy Head Government Butler, Protocol Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to Government Hospitality.

Adrian COX, Town Councillor, Arromanches, France. For services to Veterans and their Families in France.

Amanda GURNEY, Head of Protocol, British Embassy Washington, United States of America. For services to the British Embassy Washington.

Michael PEASE, Volunteer, Military Commemoration Projects, Portugal. For services to UK/Portugal Relations.

Josephine QUINN, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, Nchima Trust. For services to Charity Administration and to Disadvantaged Communities in Malawi.

Lieutenant Colonel Alvin RYAN, Royal Montserrat Defence Force and Director of Disaster Management Co-ordination Agency. For services to the Royal Montserrat Defence Force and Disaster Management in Montserrat.

Maria WILSON, President, Orihuela Costa Branch, Asociacion Alicante Contra Cancer, Alicante, Spain. For services to Charity Fundraising in Spain.