Birthday Honours 2025
Gamiel Yafai MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
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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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Gamiel Ahmed YAFAI
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Diversity Marketplace
For services to Diversity and Inclusion.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer
- Region
- Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 607 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 40% of the list.
In their area
85 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Buckinghamshire.
What organisation were they with?
Founder and Chief Executive Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
2,109 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Douglas Bott
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4906794. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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