New Year Honours 2026
Safaraz Ali MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion in Business.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Diversity and Inclusion in Business.
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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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Safaraz ALI
Chief Executive Officer, Pathway Group
For services to Diversity and Inclusion in Business.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2026- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer
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- Birmingham, West Midlands
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion in Business.”
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How common is this award?
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.
In their area
189 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Midlands.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
2,109 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Golspie, Sutherland
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Bangor, County Down
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Sharon Brown
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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Kettering, Northamptonshire
“For services to Charity and to Disabled People.”
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London, Greater London
“For services to Disabled People and to the community in Bexley.”
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Slough, Berkshire
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Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
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Nadia Khan
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London, Greater London
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Imran Hafeez
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Bradford, West Yorkshire
“For services to Literacy Development and Social Inclusion in Bradford, West Yorkshire.”
Pamela Garbett
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Foster Care and to Children with Disabilities and their Families.”
John Garbett
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Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Foster Care and to Children with Disabilities and their Families.”
Helene Martin Gee
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Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Douglas Bott
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Disabled People.”
Olubukola Babajide
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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Technology, to Business and to Inclusion.”
Kristian Barnfield-guest
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York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Chenelle Ansah
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London, Greater London
“For services to Investment, to Women in Business and to Charity.”
Yasmin Khan
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Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
“For services to Ending Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Women.”
Diana Brightmore-armour
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women and Diversity in Financial Services.”
Martin Coppack
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Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Social Equality and Inclusion.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5028055. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
Location (Birmingham, West Midlands) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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