New Year Honours 2025
Paul Edwards MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chief Executive Officer • Gorilla Brewing Co
“For services to International Education, to Charity and to UK/South Korea relations.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to International Education, to Charity and to UK/South Korea 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
31 December 2024
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:
Paul EDWARDS
Chief Executive Officer, Gorilla Brewing Co. and Chairperson, the Board of Governors, the International School of Busan, South Korea
For services to International Education, to Charity and to UK/South Korea relations.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to International Education, to Charity and to UK/South Korea relations.”
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 602 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 40% of the list.
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Chief Executive Officer, Gorilla Brewing Co.
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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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4783669. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
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