Birthday Honours 2018
Yvonne Coghill CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director • Workforce Race Equality Standard Implementation
“For services to Race Equality in the NHS.”
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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
9 June 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Ms Yvonne Veronica COGHILL O.B.E.
Director, Workforce Race Equality Standard Implementation, NHS England
For services to Race Equality in the NHS.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Middlesex
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Director, Workforce Race Equality Standard Implementation
- Region
- Middlesex
“For services to Race Equality in the NHS.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 98 times in the Birthday Honours List 2018 — about 7% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director, Workforce Race Equality Standard Implementation.
How widely is this recognised?
1,958 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2018
Alexander Begbie
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Edinburgh
“For services to Business and Social Inclusion.”
Alexander John Marshall
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Hampshire
“For services to Policing.”
Alison Janet Elliot
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Edinburgh
“For public service.”
Alun Evans
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London
“For services to Scholarship.”
Alun Tucker
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Cardiff
“For services to International Justice.”
Andrew Green
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Ann Heathwaite
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Lancashire
“For services to Scientific Research and Advice to the Government.”
Arthur Gascoigne
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Surrey
“For services to the Arts.”
Barbara Allison
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Lanarkshire
“For public service.”
Bashir Al-hashimi
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Hampshire
“For services to Computer Engineering and to Industry.”
Brenda Trenowden
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Kent
“For services to Exports in the Financial Sector and to Gender Equality.”
Brendan Mcguigan
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Down
“For services to Justice in Northern Ireland.”
Brent Cheshire
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West Sussex
“For services to the Renewable Energy Sector.”
Caroline Brazier
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North Yorkshire
“For services to Librarianship and to Higher Education.”
Christoffel Brink
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Tyne and Wear
“For services to Higher Education.”
Colin Herron
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Tyne and Wear
“For services to Business and to the Renewable Energy Sector.”
David Eyton
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Engineering and to Energy.”
David Havelock
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Surrey
“For services to the Economy.”
David Kinder
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Abroad
“For public service and services to Mental Wellbeing.”
David Orr
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London
“For services to Housing.”
David Wood
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Tyne and Wear
“For political and public service.”
Dinah Casson
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London
“For services to Design.”
Dionne Collins
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and the British Association of Women in Policing.”
Edward Hardy
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Surrey
“For services to Drama.”
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Others recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,958 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. See the full list →
Dawn Tinley
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“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Alice Wintergold
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Haywards Heath, West Sussex
“For services to People with Disabilities.”
Tyron Woodford
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Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion in the Rail Sector.”
Alison Turner
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Christopher Symes
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Ellesmere, Shropshire
“For services to Disabled People.”
Barbara Sved
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London, Greater London
“For services to Disabled and Learning Disabled Adults in Harrow and Northwood, Greater London.”
Jennifer Smyth
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
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Scott Rogers
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Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Mary Mitchell
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Fiona Knight
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Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
David Green
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion in Manchester.”
Claire Flowers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bangor, County Down
“For services to Girls and Young Women.”
Sharon Brown
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
“For services to Disabled People.”
Maureen Bingham
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lydney, Gloucestershire
“For services to Operational Delivery, Logistics and to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Sharifa Begum
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Women.”
Claire Alleguen
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
Simeon Yates
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Digital Inclusion.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Emma Whitfield
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Walton-On-Thames, Surrey
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”
Claire Vincent
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bangor, County Down
“For services to Marine Science and to Women in Science.”
Clive Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cannock, Staffordshire
“For voluntary services to Disabled Riders.”
Ronald Sawford
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Kettering, Northamptonshire
“For services to Charity and to Disabled People.”
Karen Salter (kay Salter)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Disabled People and to the community in Bexley.”
Becky Ruddy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
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Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62310, notice 3041539. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2018).
Published 8 June 2018.
Location (Middlesex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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