Birthday Honours 2016
Alexander Mcwhirter MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chief Executive
“For services to Business and the Economy in Yorkshire.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Business and the Economy in Yorkshire.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
11 June 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Alexander James McWHIRTER
Chief Executive, Finance Yorkshire
For services to Business and the Economy in Yorkshire.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61608 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
West Yorkshire
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- Chief Executive
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- West Yorkshire
“For services to Business and the Economy in Yorkshire.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 574 times in the Birthday Honours List 2016 — about 40% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive.
How widely is this recognised?
3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2016
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Higher Education and Access to Sport.”
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West Midlands
“For services to Education.”
Adrian Davies
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Gloucestershire
“For services to charity and the community in Gloucestershire.”
Aileen Jones
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Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the RNLI.”
Akosua Amoateng
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“For services to UK-African Diaspora Relations.”
Alan Dickie
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Aberdeenshire
“For services to the Brewing Industry.”
Alan Jerome
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Alan Mcewen
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Alan Tait
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West Sussex
“For voluntary services to the Ex-Service Community through SAAFA and community in Sussex.”
Alasdair Robinson
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Belfast
“For services to the Police and the community in Northern Ireland.”
Alastair Dinsmor
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Lanarkshire
“For services to Police Heritage.”
Alexander Little
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Alexandra Depledge
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London
“For services to the Sharing Economy.”
Alfred Smith
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Kent
“For services to No. 10 Downing Street.”
Alice Bentinck
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London
“For services to Business.”
Alift Harewood
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Cheshire
“For services to the community in Macclesfield.”
Alison Frazer
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Perth and Kinross
“For services to Patients.”
Alison Gilligan
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Devon
“For services to Children.”
Allan Devlin
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Lanarkshire
“For voluntary service in Lanarkshire.”
Amanda Aldous
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Hampshire
“For services to the Arts.”
Andrea Devlin
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Andrew Blyth
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Hampshire
“For services to the Maritime Industry and Maritime Safety.”
Andrew Child
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South Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
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Doncaster, South Yorkshire
“For services to Social Enterprise.”
Deborah Wosskow
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London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
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Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Hannah Bernard
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Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and Access to Finance for Women.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
Erica Maxwell
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Dungannon, County Tyrone
“For services to the Economy and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Isabella Cameron
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Isle of Uist, Western Isles
“For services to Hospitality and to the Rural Economy in South Uist.”
Tina Barton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shaftesbury, Dorset
“For services to Science and to Trade.”
Ronjon Nag
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Entrepreneurship and to Artificial Intelligence.”
Lance Uggla
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Richard Scaife
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing.”
Becky Ruddy
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Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
Pino De Rosa
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
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Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61608, notice 2552832. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2016).
Published 11 June 2016.
Location (West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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