New Year Honours 2026
Ruth Shilston MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Sustainable Engineering.”
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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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Ruth Antonia SHILSTON
Global Practice Lead, Mott MacDonald
For services to Sustainable Engineering.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Sustainable Engineering.”
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 590 times in the New Year Honours List 2026 — about 40% of the list.
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1,239 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
How widely is this recognised?
1,706 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
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 · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5028457. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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