Birthday Honours 2015
Michael Birch OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Entrepreneur
“For services to technology and online services.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to technology and online services.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division DIPLOMATIC SERVICE AND OVERSEAS LIST
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
13 June 2015
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:
Michael Joseph BIRCH
Entrepreneur
For services to technology and online services.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61256 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 286 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 20% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Entrepreneur.
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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“For public and parliamentary services in Scotland.”
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Dorset
“For services to Drama, charity and to the community in Dorset.”
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London
“For services to Public Administration.”
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Hertfordshire
“For services to International Religious Freedom.”
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Leicestershire
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West Midlands
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West Yorkshire
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Andrew Wallis
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Bristol
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Ann Watson
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James Markey
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Guildford, Surrey
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Jane Gate
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Thatcham, Berkshire
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Maurice Geddis
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“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
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Geoffrey Underwood
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Newport, Isle of Wight
“For services to the Technology Industry.”
Sharon Todd
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London, Greater London
“For services to Innovation.”
Ian Ritchey
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Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Engineering.”
Brian Mcconnell
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Engineering.”
Rashmi Mantri
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Mathematics Education.”
Myrtle Dawes
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Energy and Technology.”
John Boumphrey
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Abingdon, Oxfordshire
“For services to Technology, Consumer and Digital Commerce Industry.”
Timothy Orchard
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London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS and Healthcare Research and Innovation.”
Adikaari Adikaari
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to Research and Innovation to Tackle Climate Change.”
Katherine Smith
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Stourbridge, West Midlands
“For services to Brain Tumour Research and to Charity.”
Mark Bamforth
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“For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.”
Benjamin Towers
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Gillingham, Kent
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Professor Rees
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), issue 61256, notice 2348494. View the official notice ↗
Published 13 June 2015.
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