Birthday Honours 2026
Amanda Melanie Brooks (Amanda Kendall) CB
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Director General, Trade Group, Department for Business and Trade
“Director General, Trade Group, Department for Business and Trade. For services to Economic Growth and International Trade”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director, Trade Remedies, Access and Controls, Department for International Trade. For services to Economic Growth
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Director General, Trade Group, Department for Business and Trade. For services to Economic Growth and International Trade
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London Gazette notice
Order of the Bath
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2026
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following appointments to, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath:
C.B.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order:
Amanda Melanie BROOKS (Amanda Kendall) C.B.E.
Director General, Trade Group, Department for Business and Trade
For services to Economic Growth and International Trade.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 65091 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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