Queen’s New Year’s Honours 2022

The Queen’s New Year 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:

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Professor Anne Elizabeth MAGURRAN FRSE Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Centre for Biological Diversity and the Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews. For services to Biodiversity

Jonathan BROOMFIELD Director, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For Public Service

Professor Lynne Elizabeth FROSTICK Board Member, Environment Agency. For services to Flood Risk and Coastal Erosion Management

Professor Nicola Jane HORSLEY (Nicola Spence) Deputy Director, Plant and Bee Health and Chief Plant Health Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For services to Plant Health

Leslie MONTGOMERY For services to the Water Industry, the Environment and Overseas Aid

Professor Myles Robert ALLEN Professor of Geosystem Science, University of Oxford. For services to Climate Change Attribution and Prediction and Net-Zero

Professor Tavi MURRAY Professor of Glaciology, Swansea University. For services to Glaciology and Climate Change Research

Officers of the Order of the British Empire

Kathryn Anne BROWN Lately Head of Climate Adaptation, Committee on Climate Change. For services to Climate Change Research

Dr Katharine LIDDELL Officer, National Crime Agency. For services to Law Enforcement and Ecology

Reverend James Alan CRUDDAS FRSA Deputy Director, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For Public Service

Julie Kim Anne FOLEY Director, Flood Risk Management Strategy and National Adaptation, Environment Agency. For services to Managing Flood Risk

Professor Ailsa Jane HALL Director of the Sea Mammal Research Unit, and Professor of Biology, University of St Andrews. For services to Environmental Protection and Epidemiology

Dr Joanna MACRAE Co-Head, International Forests and Land Use, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For services to the Environment

Dr Douglas Andrew WILSON Chief Scientist, Environment Agency. For services to Environmental Research and the Covid-19 Response

Professor Zoe Kai SHIPTON Professor of Geological Engineering, University of Strathclyde. For services to Geoscience and Climate Change Mitigation

Professor Hugh Edward MONTGOMERY Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London. For services to Intensive Care Medicine and Climate Change

Members of the Order of the British Empire

Geoffrey HARDWICKE Team Leader, Hydrometry and Telemetry, Environment Agency. For services to Hydrometry

Elizabeth PARKES For services to Climate Change and Environmental Protection

Charan Kanwal Singh SEKHON Senior Environment Officer, Environment Agency and Founder Chairman, SEVA Trust UK. For services to Charity, Diversity and the Environment, particularly during Covid-19

Lee Shane COOPER Forest Research Worker, Forest Research. For services to Forestry

Jeremy DICK Woodland Officer, Forest Services. For services to Forestry

Dr Lorraine Elisabeth WHITMARSH Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Bath. For services to Social Research in Climate Change, Energy and Transport

Joanna Claire RUXTON Founder, Ocean Generation. For services to Marine Conservation

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire

Roger William HOWARD Volunteer Groundskeeper, Meadlands Primary School, London. For services to Education and to the Environment

Dr Ian Clive HUMPHREYS Chief Executive, Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful. For services to the Environment

Elizabeth Sandra KINNEAR Health, Safety and Sustainability Advisor. University of Edinburgh. For services to the Environment and to Charity

Amy Nicole MEEK Co-Founder, Kids Against Plastic. For voluntary service to the Natural Environment

Andrew NAYLOR Fisheries Enforcement Officer, Environment Agency. For services to Fisheries Protection

Adria PITTOCK Chartered Environmentalist and Chair, Suffolk Pride. For services to the Environment and the LGBTQ+ community in Suffolk

Mairead Angela SAVAGE Deputy Principal, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. For services to Forestry

Timothy James ALDOUS Works Supervisor, Forestry England. For services to Forestry

Dawn Marie WOOD Marine Constable, Essex Police. For services to Marine Policing and to Conservation

Overseas Territories and International List

OBE: Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Julia Elisabeth Frances FALCONER, Senior Forest Policy Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to the Environment

Dr Saleemul HUQ, Director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development. For services to combatting International Climate Change

Neil Robert SCOTLAND, Senior Forestry Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to the Environment

Andrew David WHALLEY, Global Chairman, Grimshaw Architects. For services to Architecture and to Environmental sustainability

MBE: Member of the Order of the British Empire

Melvyn Lewis TENNANT, Founder/Director of the Oracabessa Bay Sea Turtle Project and Lead Warden, Jamaica. For services to Marine Conservation in Jamaica

Vanessa Elizabeth THOMAS-WILLIAMS, Nursery Officer, Terrestrial Conservation/Environment, Natural Resources and Planning Portfolio Directorate, St Helena. For services to Conservation in St Helena

BEM: British Empire Medal

Lewis Sebastian STAGNETTO, Science Teacher, Gibraltar. For services to the Marine Environment in Gibraltar

Congratulations to all awarded!