New Year Honours 2023
David Wightwick CMG
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Chief Executive Officer
“For services to UK humanitarian support.”
London Gazette notice
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Overseas and International List
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2022
The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George:
C.M.G.
To be Ordinary Members of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Distinguished Order:
David Gerald Wolseley WIGHTWICK
Chief Executive Officer, UK-Med
For services to UK humanitarian support.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to UK humanitarian support.”
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The Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George was awarded 14 times in the New Year Honours List 2023 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the New Year Honours 2023
Ailsa Terry
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“For services to British foreign policy.”
Alan Johnson
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“For services to the Accountancy profession.”
Edward Hobart
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“For services to British foreign policy and to National Security.”
Emma Gardiner
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“For services to British foreign policy.”
John Murton
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“For services to British foreign policy and to Climate Change.”
Lawrence Haddad
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“For services to International Nutrition, Food and Agriculture.”
Malcolm Johnson
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“For services to The United Nations, to the Commonwealth and to global Information and Communication Technologies.”
Martin Harris
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Director
Matthew Burney
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“For services to UK cultural relations overseas.”
Maxine Molyneux
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“For services to International Development and UK/Latin America relations.”
Richard Graham
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“For services to Trade and Investment in South-East Asia.”
Richard Montgomery
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“For services to British foreign policy and to International Development.”
Stephanie Al-qaq
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“For services to British foreign policy.”
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 63918, notice 4245819. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023).
Published 30 December 2022.
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