Birthday Honours 2021
Ian Mccubbin CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Senior Vice President • GlaxoSmithKline and Chair
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
“For services to Life Sciences.”
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
“For services to the Pharmaceutical Industry.”
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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
12 June 2021
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Ian McCUBBIN O.B.E.
Manufacturing Expert on Steering Committee, Vaccine Taskforce
For services to Life Sciences.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
9 June 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, 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:
Ian McCUBBIN
Lately Senior Vice President, GlaxoSmithKline and Chair, Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership
For services to the Pharmaceutical Industry.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Senior Vice President, GlaxoSmithKline and Chair
- Region
- Buckinghamshire
“For services to the Pharmaceutical Industry.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2021- Region
- Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Life Sciences.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 102 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
28 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Buckinghamshire.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2021
Adam Marshall
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London, Greater London
“For services to Business.”
Adam Wardrope
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Alissa Goodman
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London, Greater London
“For services to Social Science.”
Amanda Sunderland
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Burton on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to Nursing.”
Andrew Martin Duffell
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Aylesford, Kent
“For services to Public Finance.”
Anne Longfield
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Ilkley, West Yorkshire
“For services to Children.”
Antony Bourne
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Dorchester, Dorset
“For services to EU Exit.”
Antony Jenkins
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Business.”
Bruce Marshall
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For Public Service particularly during Covid-19.”
Caroline Abrahams
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the Voluntary Sector and Older People during Covid-19.”
Christopher Hall
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Breaston, Derbyshire
“For Public Service.”
Christopher Townsend
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London, Greater London
“For services to Clinically Vulnerable People during the Covid-19 Response.”
Chuka Nwokolo
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Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to the NHS and to Medical Research.”
Clive Selley
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London, Greater London
“For services to Telecommunications during Covid-19.”
Colin Perry
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London, Greater London
“For services to EU Exit, Transition and Legacy.”
Conrad Bailey
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London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Crawford Boswell
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to charitable Food Provision during Covid-19.”
Damian Piper
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Daniel James
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
David Boyle
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
David Bryan
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
David Dangoor
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the community in Greater London.”
David Hunt
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Southport, Merseyside
“For services to UK Healthcare and to the Covid-19 Response.”
Denise Spence
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Bonnyrigg, Midlothian
“For services to Girlguiding and to Public Service.”
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Others recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology. See the full list →
Hayaatun Sillem
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London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering.”
Stephen Andrew Smith
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Climate Science.”
Matthew Wilson
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Robertsbridge, East Sussex
“For services to Blood Cancer Awareness and Research.”
Ann Watson
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Ghulam Ng
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Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Medical Research and Healthcare.”
James Markey
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to the Technology Sector.”
Jane Gate
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Thatcham, Berkshire
“For services to Science and the Innovation Ecosystem.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Mark Downs
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Deal, Kent
“For services to Biology.”
Jonathan Boddington
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oswestry, Shropshire
“For services to Design and Innovation in Furniture Making.”
Olubukola Babajide
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Technology, to Business and to Inclusion.”
Geoffrey Underwood
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newport, Isle of Wight
“For services to the Technology Industry.”
Sharon Todd
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Innovation.”
Ian Ritchey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Engineering.”
Brian Mcconnell
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Engineering.”
Rashmi Mantri
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Mathematics Education.”
Myrtle Dawes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Energy and Technology.”
John Boumphrey
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
“For services to Technology, Consumer and Digital Commerce Industry.”
Timothy Orchard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS and Healthcare Research and Innovation.”
Adikaari Adikaari
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Guildford, Surrey
“For services to Research and Innovation to Tackle Climate Change.”
Katherine Smith
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stourbridge, West Midlands
“For services to Brain Tumour Research and to Charity.”
Mark Bamforth
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.”
Benjamin Towers
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gillingham, Kent
“For services to the Startup Business Community, Excellence in Innovation and Enterprise.”
Professor Rees
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Multi-Hazard Science and Disaster Risk Reduction.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3817524. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62310, notice 3041706. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2018).
Published 8 June 2018.
Location (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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