New Year Honours 2026
Ann Cochrane Cook Wallace Budge OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
lately Chair and Chief Executive Officer
“Lately Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Heart of Midlothian Football Club. For services to Sport and to the community in Midlothian”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Lately Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Heart of Midlothian Football Club. For services to Sport and to the community in Midlothian
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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
30 December 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dr. Ann Cochrane Cook Wallace BUDGE
lately Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Heart of Midlothian Football Club
For services to Sport and to the community in Midlothian.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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