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    New Year Honours 2023

    This is the New Year Honours list of Northern Ireland award recipients published on 31 December 2022.

    Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 

    Ms Maria Teresa Jennings

    Director, Regulatory Compliance, People and Northern Ireland, Food Standards Agency. For services to public health.

    Mr Samuel David Pollock OBE

    For public service in Northern Ireland.

    Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

    Mr Brian Baird

    Lately Board Member, Invest NI. For services to economic development in Northern Ireland.

    Mr Michael Thomas Bell

    Executive Director, Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association Ltd. For services to the food and drink industry and to the economy in Northern Ireland.

    Mr Joseph Patrick Breen

    Lately Senior Scientific Officer, Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to marine science and to environmental protection.

    Professor Francis Anthony Casey

    Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist. For services to healthcare in Northern Ireland.

    Mr Victor James Boyd Chestnutt

    Lately President, Ulster Farmers' Union. For services to agriculture.

    Dr Jennifer Elliott

    For services to the arts in Northern Ireland.

    Mrs Carol Marie McCann

    Lately Principal, St Dominic's Grammar School, Belfast. For services to education.

    Mr Steven McCourt

    Head of reducing reoffending, resettlement and rehabilitation, Department of Justice, Northern Ireland Executive. For public service.

    Mr John Gordon Milligan

    For services to business and human resource management in Northern Ireland.

    Mrs Mary Montgomery

    Principal, Belfast Boys' Model. For services to education.

    Mr Trevor Dale Robinson

    Lately Principal, Lurgan College, County Armagh. For services to education.

    Dr John Edmund Stannard

    Legal academic, Queen's University of Belfast. For services to legal education.

    Ms Deborah Elizabeth Watters

    Co-Director, Northern Ireland Alternative. For public service.

    Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

    Dr Roy Anderson

    For services to science and nature.

    Mrs Sandra Hazel Bailie

    For services to bowls.

    Mr George Crawford Bell

    For services to the music industry in Northern Ireland.

    Mr William John Gaston Bennett

    For services to radio and television broadcasting in Northern Ireland.

    Mrs Sandra Best

    Volunteer and Trustee, Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation. For voluntary service.

    Mr Stephen John Bleakley

    For services to libraries and to the community in Fermanagh, Omagh and Fivemiletown.

    Mr Kenneth Sydney Brundle

    For services to business, to economic development and to the charitable sector in Northern Ireland.

    Dr Anne Campbell

    Reader, Queen's University Belfast. For services to drug policy and practice.

    Mr William James Coffey

    Secretary to the Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board. For public service.

    Mrs Susan Shirley Cunningham DL

    Lately President, North of Ireland Veterinary Association. For services to the veterinary profession in Northern Ireland.

    Mrs Jacqueline Dixon

    Chief Executive, Antrim and Newtownabbey Council. For services to local government and to the community in Northern Ireland.

    Ms Eileen Lilian Mary Donnelly

    Member, Board of Governors, The Integrated College, Dungannon. For services to education in Northern Ireland.

    Mrs Lorraine Foster

    For services to people with learning disabilities in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

    Dr Godfrey Jonathan Gaston

    Lately Director, Centre for Secure Information Technologies. For services to cyber security innovation.

    Mr Brian Jozef Grzymek

    Lately Deputy Director, Department of Justice, Northern Ireland Executive. For public and voluntary service in Northern Ireland.

    Mrs Kathleen Margaret Joy Guthrie

    For services to the Reserve Forces and to the Veteran Community in Northern Ireland.

    Reverend Matthew Hagan

    Chaplain, Southern Area Hospice and Rector of Tynan, Aghavilly and Middletown Parishes, County Armagh.  For services to hospice healthcare and to the community in Northern Ireland.

    Professor Anne Heaslett

    Lately Principal, Stranmillis University College, Queen's University Belfast. For services to education.

    Mr Peter Desmond Jack

    For services to endurance sport and charity in Northern Ireland.

    Rabbi David Michael Kale

    Faith Leader, Belfast Synagogue. For services to the Jewish Community in Northern Ireland.

    Mr Samuel James Kee

    Community Development Worker. For services to the community in County Londonderry.

    Mr Gavin Joseph Killeen DL

    Managing Director, Nuprint Technologies Ltd. For services to further education in Northern Ireland.

    Mr Robert Leckey

    For services to education in County Down, Northern Ireland.

    Dr Alison Florence Livingstone

    Paediatrician, Northern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to safeguarding children in Northern Ireland.

    Mr Peter McBride

    For services to the economy and to the community in County Tyrone.

    Ms Katrina McDonnell

    Founder, Homeless Period Belfast. For services to Women's Health.

    Mr Patrick Joseph McGurn

    Chief Executive Officer, Lakeland Community Care. For services to the community in County Fermanagh and Tyrone.

    Professor Sonja Jayne McIlfatrick

    Dean of the Ulster Doctoral College and Professor of Nursing and Palliative Care, Ulster University. For services to higher education and public health.

    Mr William Oliver DL

    For services to education, to business and to charities in County Londonderry.

    Mrs Heather Pratt

    Chair, Board of Governors, Rossmar Special School, Limavady, County Londonderry. For services to education.

    Mrs Gail Redmond

    For services to association football in Northern Ireland.

    Mr Andrew Peter Saunders

    Lately Chair, Southern Regional College (Further and Higher Education College), County Armagh and County Down. For services to the further education sector in Northern Ireland.

    Professor Michael Gordon Scott

    Director, Medicines Optimisation Innovation Centre. For services to pharmacy in Northern Ireland.

    Mr John Stewart

    District Chairman, Royal British Legion Northern Ireland. For services to veterans.

    Mrs Ursula Margaret Waite (Ursula Lavery)

    For services to the agri-food Industry and to the economy in Northern Ireland.

    Mr Joseph Norman Wilson

    For services to business and to the community in Northern Ireland.

    Mr Samuel Godfrey Young

    For services to social work and to education.

    Medallist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

    Mr Stephen Burns

    Road Sweeper, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. For services to the community in Portglenone, County Antrim.

    Mr Robert James Collins (Seamus Collins)

    For services to seriously-ill children.

    Mrs Roberta Joan Cooke

    Manager, Caw Community Playgroup, Londonderry.  For services to Early Years Learning.

    Mrs Tracey Crothers

    For services to the community in Maghaberry, County Antrim.

    Mr Christopher Robert David Cuddy

    For voluntary service to the community in Northern Ireland.

    Mr Peter Anthony Dolan

    Founder, Enda Dolan Foundation. For services to Justice and to young people in Northern Ireland.

    Mr Jahswill Rohi Alexander Emmanuel

    Founder, Multi-Ethnic Sports and Cultures Northern Ireland. For services to the community in Northern Ireland.

    Mrs Julie Gough

    For services to midwifery in Northern Ireland.

    Mrs Lynn Green

    For services to emergency nursing in Northern Ireland.

    Mrs Raye Elizabeth Greenway

    For services to young people in Northern Ireland through The Boys' Brigade.

    Mr Derek Richard Greenway

    For services to young people in Northern Ireland through The Boys' Brigade.

    Mr William John Hutchinson

    Volunteer Driver, Belfast City Hospital. For services to healthcare in Northern Ireland.

    Mrs Catherine Georgina Johnston

    For services to Save The Children and to the community in Belfast.

    Mr William Iain Kennedy

    Director, Aisling Counselling Centre and Coach, Enniskillen Royal Boat Club. For voluntary service to the community in County Fermanagh.

    Mr Dara Seamus McAnulty

    For services to the environment and to people with autism spectrum disorder.

    Mrs Winifred McConnell

    Registrar, Belfast City Council. For services to Local Government.

    Mr James McDowell

    For services to the community in Banbridge, County Down.

    Mr Patrick Joseph McTeague

    Food Technology Technician, Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland Executive. For public and voluntary service.

    Mr James McVicar Morrison

    For services to agriculture in Northern Ireland.

    Mr Anthony Oliver Morrison

    For voluntary services to the community in Northern Ireland.

    Ms Michelle Veronica Mullan

    Clerical Officer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast. For voluntary and charitable service to the community in County Antrim.

    Mrs Siobhain Murphy

    Co-founder, A Safe Space To Be Me. For services to the community in County Antrim.

    Mr David Ronald Quigg

    For services to Police and Military Welfare in County Armagh.

    Mr James Reed

    Head of Crime Scene Investigation, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to policing in Northern Ireland.

    Mr William David Sargent

    Support Services Coordinator, The Open University. For services to higher education and to charity.

    Mrs Iris Smyth

    Lately senior telephonist, Northern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to healthcare in Northern Ireland.

    Mrs Carolyn Tailford

    Co-Founder, A Safe Space To Be Me. For services to the community in County Antrim.

    Mr Jonathan Gordon Topping

    General Manager, Clayton Hotel, Belfast. For services to the Covid-19 Response.

    Mr Peter Giosuè Vannucci

    Vice-President, Bangor Football Club. For services to association football in County Down.

    Ms Helena Mary White

    County President, Girlguiding North Down. For services to young people in Northern Ireland.

    Mrs Alison June Wolfe

    Senior Personal Secretary, Labour Relations Agency. For services to employment relations in Northern Ireland.

    King’s Police Medal (KPM)

    Constable John Bannon

    Police Service of Northern Ireland.

    Detective Superintendent Lindsay Leanne Fisher

    Police Service of Northern Ireland.

    Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd

    Police Service of Northern Ireland.

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