New Year Honours 2023
Joanne Lawson MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to International Trade and Investment.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to International Trade and Investment.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2023“For services to International Trade and Investment.”
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“For services to International Trade and Investment.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 546 times in the New Year Honours List 2023 — about 37% of the list.
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 Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2023
Abdul Qazi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Luton, Bedfordshire
“For services to the community in Luton.”
Abimbola Oluwasona
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Ajibola Lewis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Mental Health.”
Alan Bell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Saltcoats, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Vulnerable People.”
Alana Stott
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Vulnerable Women and to Mental Health Awareness.”
Alastair Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Alexander Edmund
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Alexander Hore-ruthven
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Young People in Bristol.”
Alexander Hume
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Isle of Arran, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Mountain Rescue.”
Alexander Lov�n
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
“For services to the Economy and to the community in Wrexham.”
Alice Williams
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Women and to Charity.”
Alicia Harper
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Wallingford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Victims of Violent Crime and their Families.”
Alimatu Dimonekene
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to the Prevention of Violence against Women and Girls.”
Alison Cork
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship.”
Alison Livingstone
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Randalstown, County Antrim
“For services to Safeguarding Children in Northern Ireland.”
Alison Saunders
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
St Albans, Hertfordshire
“For services to Education.”
Alvin Harvey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
“For services to the community in Bermuda.”
Andrea Dowds
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Andrew Chattaway
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Andrew Crummy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Prestonpans, East Lothian
“For services to Art and to Cultural Heritage in Scotland.”
Andrew Harrison
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Andrew Hill
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
“For services to International Development.”
Andrew Lockey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Halifax, West Yorkshire
“For services to Resuscitation Training.”
Andrew Robertson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Wilmslow, Cheshire
“For services to Association Football, to Charity and to Young People.”
In the same field
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
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“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
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2023). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2022.
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