New Year Honours 2026
Mark Bamforth OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
lately Executive Chairman • Kincell Bio and General Partner of Kineticos AMR Accelerator Fund
“For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division Overseas and International List
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased 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:
Mark Robert BAMFORTH
Executive Chairman, Kincell Bio and General Partner of Kineticos AMR Accelerator Fund, United States of America
For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 279 times in the New Year Honours List 2026 — about 19% of the list.
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lately Executive Chairman, Kincell Bio and General Partner of Kineticos AMR Accelerator Fund.
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.
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London, Greater London
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Ian Ritchey
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Brian Mcconnell
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Bristol, City of Bristol
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Rashmi Mantri
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
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Abingdon, Oxfordshire
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Gillingham, Kent
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
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Boston, Lincolnshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5028553. View the official notice ↗
Published 29 December 2025.
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