Birthday Honours 2024
Karen Holford DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
“For services to Engineering.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
“For services to Engineering and the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Engineering and the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering.
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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
15 June 2024
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:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Karen Margaret HOLFORD C.B.E. FREng.
Chief Executive and Vice Chancellor, Cranfield University
For services to Engineering.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64423 · 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
30 December 2017
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Karen Margaret HOLFORD
Deputy Vice Chancellor, Cardiff University
For services to Engineering and the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor
- Region
- Cardiff
“For services to Engineering and the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering.”
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2024- Region
- Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Engineering.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 18 times in the Birthday Honours List 2024 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
3 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from South Glamorgan.
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 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2024
Alison Baroness Wolf Of Dulwich
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Anya Hindmarch
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Fashion and to Business.”
Clare Marchant
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Malvern, Worcestershire
“For services to Higher Education.”
Dervilla Mitchell
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering.”
Evelyn Taylor
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Business.”
Ffion The Lady Hague Of Richmond
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
“For Public Service and to Business.”
Hannah Rothschild
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy in the Arts, Culture and Charity Sectors.”
Helen Stephenson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Charity and to Regulation.”
Imelda Staunton
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Janice Sigsworth
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to Nursing.”
Jasvinder Sanghera
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
North Yorkshire
“For services to the Victims of Child, Forced Marriage and Honour-Based Abuse.”
Judith Petts
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Seaton, Devon
“For services to Higher Education and to Sustainability.”
Julia Hoggett
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Business and to Finance.”
Karen Buck
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For Parliamentary and Political Service.”
Moira Whyte
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Medical Research.”
Rebecca Harris
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Essex
“For Political and Public Service.”
Tracey Emin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Art.”
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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
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering.”
Stephen Andrew Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Climate Science.”
Matthew Wilson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Robertsbridge, East Sussex
“For services to Blood Cancer Awareness and Research.”
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.”
Ghulam Ng
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Medical Research and Healthcare.”
James Markey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Guildford, Surrey
“For services to the Technology Sector.”
Jane Gate
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thatcham, Berkshire
“For services to Science and the Innovation Ecosystem.”
Maurice Geddis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Mark Downs
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
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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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64423, notice 4644775. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2024).
Published 14 June 2024.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 29 December 2017.
Location (Cardiff) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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