New Year Honours 2016
Elizabeth Friend MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
lately Head
“For services to Public Administration, Customer Service and voluntary services.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Public Administration, Customer Service and voluntary services.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2015
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased 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:
Ms Elizabeth Susan FRIEND
Head, Sheffield Central Drafting Unit, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
For services to Public Administration, Customer Service and voluntary services.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
South Yorkshire
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“For services to Public Administration, Customer Service and voluntary services.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 573 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 39% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
lately Head.
How widely is this recognised?
4,317 people have been recognised for Government & Public Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 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 New Year Honours 2016
(Cyril) Jeffrey Fox
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Tyne and Wear
“For services to the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and charitable service.”
Abdullah Rehman
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West Midlands
“For services to the community in Balsall Heath, Birmingham.”
Adam Foster
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Adrian Koe
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Cambridgeshire
“For voluntary service to Young People through the Downside Fisher Youth Club, Bermondsey, London.”
Adrian Weston
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Leicestershire
“For services to the community and charity in Leicestershire.”
Adrian Wills
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Derbyshire
“For services to the community in Leicester.”
Afsheen Rashid
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
London
“For services to Renewable Energy Projects in Deprived London Communities.”
Aftab Chughtai
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West Midlands
“For services to Business and Community Relations in Birmingham.”
Agnes Grunwald-spier
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London
“For services to the Jewish Community and Holocaust Awareness.”
Ahmed Awan
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Staffordshire
“For services to Business and International Trade”
Ailsa Bosworth
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Berkshire
“For services to People with Rheumatoid Arthritis”
Alan Grant
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Alan Mackie
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Alasdair Wills
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Alexander Stewart
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Perth and Kinross
“For voluntary service in Perth and Kinross.”
Alexandra Hyatt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
Alfred Forster
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Patients with Prostate Cancer.”
Alice Lester
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
London
“For services to Planning.”
Alina Ibragimova
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
London
“For services to Music.”
Alison Lewy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
London
“For services to the Fashion Industry.”
Alison Mihail
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Berkshire
“For services to Young People.”
Allan Pacey
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South Yorkshire
“For services to Reproductive Medicine.”
Amy Hughes
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“For services to humanitarian and emergency medicine.”
Andrew Butcher
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London, Greater London
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Lynn Brown
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Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Janette Durbin
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Glynne Jones
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Mark
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“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Matthew Ellis
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Sapphire Dalton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Charles Obazuaye
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Corby, Northamptonshire
“For Public Service.”
Michael Mitchell
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Flitwick, Bedfordshire
“For Public Service.”
Jack Emsley
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Cynthia Davis
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Faversham, Kent
“For Political Service.”
Stephen Davis
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Jane Sidebottom
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For service to British Foreign Policy.”
Claire Healy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Nicola Millington
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Scott Dunning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Ifeanyi Agboola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Andrew Waggett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Alexander Profumo
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Christopher Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Foreign Policy.”
Merrill Powell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Political Service.”
Cherry Povall
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wirrall, Merseyside
“For services to Local Government and to the Magistracy.”
Susan Parsonage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wokingham, Berkshire
“For services to Local Government.”
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454583. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Location (South 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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