Birthday Honours 2025
Clare Barclay DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Business, Technology and Leadership.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to Business, Technology and Leadership.
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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
14 June 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Clare Louise BARCLAY
lately Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft UK
For services to Business, Technology and Leadership.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Birthday Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Business, Technology and Leadership.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 16 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
80 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer.
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 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2025
Anna Rausing
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Wadhurst, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Anne Glover
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London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering and Science Business.”
Anne Hudson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Child Safeguarding and Child Protection.”
Caroline Clarke
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS.”
Celia Ingham Clark
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Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to the NHS.”
Chinyelu Onwurah (chi Onwurah)
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Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
“For Political and Public Service.”
Deborah Crosbie
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Financial Sector.”
Elaine Bickerstaff (elaine Paige)
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London, Greater London
“For services to Music and to Charity.”
Emma Bridgewater
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London, Greater London
“For services to Ceramics.”
Jane Lovely (jane Cummings)
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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
“For voluntary services to Nursing and to Health and Social Care.”
Julia Black (julia Cross)
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.”
Lesley Powell
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Chester-le-Street, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Barker
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Durham, County Durham
“For services to Literature.”
Penelope Mordaunt
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Portsmouth, Hampshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Ursula Martin
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Science and Education.”
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Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Andrew James Simpson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
“For services to Social Enterprise.”
Deborah Wosskow
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Hannah Bernard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
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
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“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
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing.”
Becky Ruddy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
Pino De Rosa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4905888. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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