Queen’s Birthday Honours Recognises Environmental Professionals

The Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2022 recognises the outstanding achievements of people across the United Kingdom. The following have been given honours for their services in relation to the environment:

Order of the British Empire

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Andrew Mill, chair, European Marine Energy Centre. For services to the environment and to the community in Orkney.

Annemarie O’Donnell, chief executive, Glasgow City Council and chair, COP26 Programme Board. For services to local government.

Catherine Gulliver, senior lawyer, Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy legal advisers, Government Legal Department. For services to climate change law.

Charles Rangeley-Wilson, chair, the Chalk Rivers Restoration Group. For services to chalk stream conservation.

Dr Charles Ogilvie, strategy director, COP26 Unit, Cabinet Office. For public service.

Dr Helene Hewitt, science fellow ocean modelling, Meteorological Office. For services to climate science.

Dr Liam Fleming, co-Leader of international advice, Joint Nature Conservation Committee. For services to the environment.

Eileen Rees, species science manager, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. For services to international research and the conservation of swans and other waterbirds.

Eleanor O’Riordan, deputy director, events, COP26 Unit, Cabinet Office. For public service.

Nick Mabey, chief executive, E3G, for services to tackling Climate Change and supporting the UK Presidency of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).

James Trout, manager, Environment Agency. For services to the support of young scientists with disabilities and to the Covid-19 response.

Jane Michelle Barton, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For services to EU Exit Negotiations.

John Barrett, professor of energy and climate policy, University of Leeds. For services to climate change assessment.

Mark Edwards, for services to photography and to the environment.

Paul Simpson, chief executive officer, CDP. For services to tackling climate change.

Professor Karen Heywood. Professor of Physical Oceanography, University of East Anglia. For services to Oceanography.

Richard Walker, managing director, Iceland Frozen Foods. For services to business and to the environment.

Ruth Chambers, Senior Fellow, Greener UK and Green Alliance. For services to the environment.

Stephanie Pfeifer, chief executive, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change. For services to climate finance.

Thomas Rivett-Carnac, founding partner, Global Optimism. For services to tackling climate change.

Virginia Bennett, senior lawyer, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy legal advisers, Government Legal Department. For services to climate change law.

Yasmine Moezinia, deputy director, COP26 Private Finance Hub, HM Treasury. For services to climate finance.

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Angus Lunn, vice president, Northumberland Wildlife Trust. For services to education and to peatland conservation.

Camila Born, policy adviser to the COP26 president, Cabinet Office. For public service.

Colin Edgar, senior responsible officer, COP26, Glasgow City Council. For services to local government in Glasgow.

Colin Rodham, senior officer, Environment Agency. For services to flood risk management in the Yorkshire region.

Denise Hamilton, head, city services and COP26, Glasgow City Council. For services to local government in Glasgow.

Dr Nicola Joan Bradbear, For services to Biodiversity.

Dr Peter Wright, leader, ecology and conservation group, Marine Scotland Science. For services to science.

Dr Richard Tipper, lead author, Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. For services to science and to the environment.

Jane Atkins, water resource specialist, Environment Agency. For services to water resources and the natural environment in North West England.

Kevin Hunt, head of business engagement, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. For services to tackling climate change.

Mark Malone, event manager, Cabinet Office. For services to the delivery of COP26.

Michael Clark, head of international engagement strategy, COP26 Unit, Cabinet Office. For public service.

Philip Newman, lately senior marine environmental assessment officer, Natural Resources Wales. For services to marine conservation.

Rebecca Jones, volunteers and access lead, Cotswolds National Landscape. For services to volunteering and to the environment.

Roy Smith, lately fisheries policy adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For services to conservation.

Timothy Irwin, director, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland Executive. For public service.

Virginia Sentance, senior policy adviser, Cabinet Office. For services to the delivery of COP26.

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Abraham Agnew, for services to the community and environment in Northern Ireland.

Dr Alan Cooper, lately member, Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside. For services to the environment.

Janet Laban, senior sustainability officer, environment department, City of London Corporation. For services to the environment.

Professor Julian Orford, member, Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside. For services to the environment.

Jaqueline Tucker, team leader, Environment Agency. For services to the environment and to young people.

Reginald Butcher, for services to marine conservation in the City of London.

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

David Blood, senior partner, Generation Investment Management. For services to climate finance.

Kate Hughes, director, international climate change, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. For services to tackling climate change.

Matthew Toombs, director of campaigns and engagement, COP26, Cabinet Office. For public service.

Sandy Sheard, Deputy Director, HM Treasury. For services to the Economics of Biodiversity.

Order of the Bath

Companions of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Stephen Field, Director, Climate, Environment and Energy, H. M. Treasury. For services to Climate Finance.

Congrats to all awarded!