Honorary awards

The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the following honorary British awards in
2019:

THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE

CMG

Ahmet UZUMCU
Former Director-General, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
For services to international diplomacy and the rule of law

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

(Civil Division)

KBE

Kazuo INAMORI
Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Kyocera Corporation, Honorary Adviser of KDDI
Corporation and of Japan Airlines, and Founder and President of Inamori Foundation
For services to UK commercial and academic interests

Professor Tumani Prince CORRAH CBE

Director, Africa Research Excellence Fund, Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia
For services to medical research in sub-Saharan Africa

Tan Sri Dr Francis YEOH Sock Ping

Managing Director of YTL Group of companies
For services to UK-Malaysian bilateral relations

CBE

Professor Kristin Jamie FORBES

Lately Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England
For services to the economy

Kathleen KENNEDY
Film Producer and President, Lucasfilm
For services to film production in the UK

OBE

Dr Owen BRENNAN
Executive Chairman Devenish Nutrition Ltd, Belfast Northern Ireland
For services to the Northern Ireland agricultural-food industry

Paul Jules Cornelius BREYNE

Belgian Government Commissioner General for First World War Centenary
commemorations, former Governor of West Flanders and Mayor of leper (Ypres)
For services to the British commemorations of the First World War Centenary in Belgium

Emmanuel Werner Marie Ghislain DE MERODE

Director of Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo
For services to wildlife conservation

Cristina FUENTES LA ROCHE

International Director at the Hay Festival of Literature and Arts
For services to promoting British culture and values to the Spanish-speaking world

Thomas Gerard KELLY

Lately Chair, Welsh Government Information and Communications Technology Sector Panel
For services to the information and communications technology sector in Wales

Avid LARIZADEH DUGGAN

Former General Partner, GV (formerly Google Ventures)
For services to the economy, business and education

Professor John Joseph Valentine MCMURRAY

Professor of Medical Cardiology, University of Glasgow
For services to cardiovascular research

Michael Joseph MORLEY

Grade 6, Manager, Office of the District Manager, Jobcentre Plus, North London
For services to vulnerable people in North London

Sally MULREADY
Director, The Irish Elderly Advice Network
For political service and service to the community

Erik Jørgen ØSTERGAARD

Non-Executive Officer and Chairman, Danish Transport and Logistics
For services to the UK shipping industry

Professor Barry Edward Gerard O’SULLIVAN

Head of Assessment Research, British Council
For services to the development of English language assessment

Norbert Franz Erich STROHSCHEN

President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany
For services to UK-German economic relations

MBE

Fatou BALDEH
Charity Worker, Dignity Alert and Research Forum Ltd (DARF), Edinburgh Scotland
For services to women’s health and to Black Minority and Ethnic communities in Scotland

Raymond Christopher DONOVAN

Co-Founder, The Chris Donovan Trust
For services to restorative justice
Gelilawit Damena DURESSA
Vice Consul, Consular Section, British Embassy, Addis Ababa
For services to British nationals in Ethiopia

Livia FIRTH
Founder and Creative Director, Eco-Age and Co-Founder of the Green Carpet Challenge
For services to sustainable fashion

Gemma Mary GRIFFIN

Vice President, HR and Crewing, DFDS
For services to employment and training in the shipping industry

Setsuo KATO
Freelance Photo-Journalist, UK
For services to UK-Japan relations through photo-journalism

Yvette Aziz KERIAKOS

Vice Consul, British Embassy, Cairo, Egypt
For services to British nationals overseas

Dr Sabine Ann MAGUIRE

Paediatric Consultant, Royal Gwent Hospital and Founder, Sparkle Children’s Charity
For services to health and wellbeing of children with disabilities in Wales

Dr Elpis MAKRYGIANNI
Education Developer and Coordinator, University College London
For services to higher education

Arnaud Marie Jacques André POIDATZ

Director Strategic Cooperation and Marketing, MBDA, France
For services to UK/France industrial co-operation

Ursula ROOSMAA
Country Director, British Council Estonia
For services to promoting British culture and the English language in Estonia

Ediba-Bakira TRBONJA-KAPIĆ
Executive Assistant to HM Ambassador, Bosnia and Herzegovina
For services to the British Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina

BEM

Pierluigi ANGELINI
Volunteer
For services to the community in Dumfries

Marije Elisabeth DAVIDSON

Equality and Diversity Adviser, York St John University
For services to education

Raquel Luisa de Noronha Braga FERREIRA

Personal Assistant to the Consul General, British Consulate General, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
For services to the UK and UK government interests in Brazil
Margaret Hilda FRANCEY
Irish national
Lately Diabetes Specialist Nurse, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
For services to people with Diabetes in Greater Lisburn, Northern Ireland

Brendan Anthony GALLAGHER

Irish national
Chairman, Northern Line Children’s Fund
For services to young people

Catherine Hélène HARTLEY

President, Cancer Support France/Languedoc
For services to British nationals in France affected by cancer

Zabar KHAN
Head Bearer, British High Commissioner’s Residence, Islamabad, Pakistan
For services to British interests in Pakistan

Eve KUGLER
Holocaust Survivor
For services to Holocaust education

Henri OBSTFELD
Holocaust Survivor
For services to Holocaust education

Wataru KUWAHARA
Division Manager, Event Planning Division, Hankyu Hanshin Department Store Inc
For services to the promotion of UK exports to Japan and friendship between the two
countries

Roland QUITEVIS
Ambassador’s Driver, British Embassy, Manila, Philippines
For services to UK/Philippines relations

Kathleen Mary REGAN

Volunteer
For services to the community in Ballymena, Northern Ireland