New Year Honours 2024
Pamela Vipond MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Deputy Director • Olympic Solidarity
“For services to Sport.”
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London Gazette notice
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 2023
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Pamela VIPOND
Deputy Director, Olympic Solidarity, the International Olympic Committee
For services to Sport.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Deputy Director, Olympic Solidarity
“For services to Sport.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 588 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 37% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Deputy Director, Olympic Solidarity.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2024
Adam Handling
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
St Ives, Cornwall
“For services to Hospitality and International Trade.”
Adina Munroe-charlow
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
“For services to Veterans in The Bahamas.”
Alan Collier
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Local Government.”
Alasdair
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Moffat, Dumfries
“For services to Forestry and to Climate Change Mitigation.”
Alasdair Bruce
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Wetherby, West Yorkshire
“For services to Libraries.”
Alex Glynn
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Alexander Hamilton
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Alexander Marsh
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Alexandra Vincent
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
“For services to Research Funding.”
Alfred Oyekoya
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Minority Ethnic Communities in Wales.”
Alice Ellis (alice Hartley)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Morpeth, Northumberland
“For services to the NHS.”
Alice Hendy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Fareham, Hampshire
“For services to Online Safety.”
Alicia Martin
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Alison Chivers (alison Hill)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Cycling.”
Alison Fordy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
“For services to Young People and to the community in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire.”
Alison Fotheringham
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Edenbridge, Kent
“For Public and Voluntary Service.”
Alison France
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Disadvantaged People.”
Alison Moffitt Robinson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Ballymoney, County Antrim
“For services to Sports Management and Development in Northern Ireland.”
Alison Murray
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Didcot, Oxfordshire
“For services to Adult Social Care.”
Alison Savage
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Bath, Somerset
“For services to Military Families.”
Allan Beard
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Allan Young
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Perth, Perth and Kinross
“For services to Music.”
Amanda Bird
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Bicester, Oxfordshire
“For services to Defence Logistics.”
Amanda Chadwick
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For services to Children in Hospital.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield,
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4521246. View the official notice ↗
Published 29 December 2023.
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