New Year Honours 2018
Kenneth Olisa
Knight Bachelor
Chairman
Knight Bachelor · 2018
“For services to Business and Philanthropy.”
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
“Chairman, Thames Reach. For services to Homeless People in London.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chairman, Thames Reach. For services to Homeless People in London.
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London Gazette notice
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Kenneth Aphunezi OLISA O.B.E.
For services to Business and Philanthropy.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
London
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2010- Role at the time
- Chairman
- Region
- London
“Chairman, Thames Reach. For services to Homeless People in London.”
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2018- Region
- London
“For services to Business and Philanthropy.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2018 — about 2% 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 Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2018
Alan Thorpe Richard Wood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Children’s Social Care and Education.”
Alan Tuckett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Leicestershire
“For services to Education, Particularly Adult Learning.”
Andrew Parmley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Music, Education and Civic Engagement.”
Anthony Habgood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to UK Industry.”
Barry Gibb
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Buckinghamshire
“For services to music and charity.”
Bernard Silverman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Oxfordshire
“For public service and services to Science.”
Christopher Chope
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Dorset
“For political and public service.”
Craig Mackey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Wiltshire
“For services to Policing.”
Edward Troup
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For public service to Taxpayers and the Tax System.”
Geoffrey Clifton-brown
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Gloucestershire
“For political and public service.”
Graham Brady
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Greater Manchester
“For political and public service.”
Iain Torrance
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Edinburgh
“For services to Higher Education and Theology.”
John Curtice
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Glasgow
“For services to the Social Sciences and Politics.”
Lindsay Hoyle
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Lancashire
“For parliamentary and political services.”
Mark Hendrick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Lancashire
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Michael Morpurgo
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Devon
“For services to Literature and charity.”
Nicholas Clegg
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For political and public service.”
Prof Robert Stephen John Sparks
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Bristol
“For services to Volcanology and Geology.”
Prof Timothy John Besley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Economics and Public Policy.”
Richard Long
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Bristol
“For services to Art.”
Richard Starkey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Abroad
“For services to Music.”
Terence Stephenson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Healthcare and Children’s Health Services.”
Timothy Melville-ross
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
London
“For services to Higher Education.”
William Thompson Wright
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2018
Antrim
“For services to the Economy and the Bus Industry.”
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.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62150, notice 2937663. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
Published 29 December 2017.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2010).
Published 15 June 2010.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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