New Year Honours 2026
Nikolaos Savvas OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chief Executive Officer • West Suffolk College
“For services to Further Education.”
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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
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:
Dr. Nikolaos SAVVAS D.L.
Chief Executive Officer, West Suffolk College, West Suffolk Trust, and Eastern Education Group, and Principal Abbeygate Sixth Form College, Suffolk
For services to Further Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2026- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer, West Suffolk College
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- Newmarket, Suffolk
“For services to Further Education.”
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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.
In their area
24 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Suffolk.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer, West Suffolk College.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5027834. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
Location (Newmarket, Suffolk) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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