The Oxfordshire people recognised in the New Year Honours List 2024


The New Year Honours List for 2024 recognises the achievements and service of extraordinary people across Oxfordshire.

The New Year Honours List for 2024 recognises the achievements and service of extraordinary people across Oxfordshire.

The New Year Honours List 2024 has been published, recognising the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK, and a raft of people across Oxfordshire have been recognised in the list.

Amongst them is a Knight Bachelor for Professor Neil Mortensen, a professor of colorectal surgery at the University of Oxford Medical School and, lately, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Also on the list are Christopher Kingsley (Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Oxford-based video game developer Rebellion), Shaun Day (Headteacher of The Unicorn School in Abingdon), and Miriam Luke (a former British rower and silver Olympic medalist, and now President of the Henley Rowing Club).

Read on to see all the Oxfordshire people recognised in the New Year Honours List 2024.


Knight Bachelor

Professor Neil James McCready MORTENSEN
Lately President, Royal College of Surgeons of England.
For services to Surgery.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)


Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Timothy David GARDAM
Journalist.
For services to Journalism and to Education.
(Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire)

Professor Roger James GOODMAN
Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies and Warden, St Antony’s
College, University of Oxford.
For services to Social Science.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Professor Andrew Lee HOPKINS
Chief Executive Officer, Exscientia.
For services to Science and to Innovation.
(Abingdon, Oxfordshire)

Christopher Ross KINGSLEY OBE
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Rebellion.
For services to the Creative Industries.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Dr Andrew John MACKINTOSH
Adviser, The Knowledge Assets Initiative.
For services to Science and Technology, and to Enterprise Development.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Professor Elizabeth Jane ROBERTSON
Professor of Developmental Biology, University of Oxford.
For services to Medical Sciences.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Professor Robert Adrianus Leonardus VAN DE NOORT
Chair, Thames Regional Flood and Coastal Committee and Vice-Chancellor, University of Reading.
For services to Science, to Flood Risk Management and to Sustainability.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)


Officers of the Order of the British Empire

Professor Daniela BORTOLETTO
Head of Particle Physics, University of Oxford.
For services to Particle Physics and to Gender Equality.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire).

Ruth Catherine Margaret BUSBY
People and Transformational Director, Great Western Railway and Network Rail Wales and Western.
For services to Diversity in the Rail Industry.
(Didcot, Oxfordshire)

Bruce Malcolm GORDON
Chair and Founder Member, Honorary Treasurers Forum.
For Charitable Service.
(Reading, Oxfordshire)

Professor David Rodney HEATH-BROWN
Emeritus Fellow, University of Oxford.
For services to Mathematics and Mathematical Research.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Dr Elizabeth Janine HOGBEN
Lately Secretary, Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology,
Government Office for Science.
For services to Science in Government.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Professor Kimberley Anne-Isola NEKARIS
Head, Nocturnal Primate Research Group, Oxford Brookes University.
For services to Conservation.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

John Hamilton RYLEY
Lately Head of News, Sky News.
For services to Journalism.
(Witney, Oxfordshire)

Professor Julia Mary YEOMANS
Professor of Physics and Head, Rudolf Peierls Centre, University of Oxford.
For services to Physics.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)


Members of the Order of the British Empire 

Amanda Jayne BIRD
Senior Supply Chain Coordinator, Leidos Europe Limited.
For services to Defence Logistics.
(Bicester, Oxfordshire)

Mark Richard BRETT
For services to Charity and to the community in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
(Wallingford, Oxfordshire)

Shaun Andrew DAY
Headteacher, The Unicorn School, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
For services to Education.
(Didcot, Oxfordshire)

Dr Gian Parkash GOPAL
Founder, Oxford Hindu Temple and Community Centre Project.
For services to the Hindu Community and to Multi-Faith Cohesion in Oxfordshire.
(Abingdon, Oxfordshire)

Dr Alison Maynard HILL
Chair, Bikeability Trust, and Chair, Cyclox.
For services to Cycling.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Miriam LUKE President, Henley Rowing Club and lately Chair, Henley Women’s Regatta.
For services to Women’s Rowing.
(Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire)

Alison Margaret MURRAY
Deputy Director of Adult Social Care, Care Quality Commission.
For services to Adult Social Care.
(Didcot, Oxfordshire)

Lydia Jean OTTER
For services to People with Autism and their Families in Oxfordshire.
(Faringdon, Oxfordshire)

Ewan Benjamin PAYNE
Team UK Gold Medal Winner, WorldSkills UK.
For services to Further Education.
(Wallingford, Oxfordshire)

Margaret Ann SIMPSON
For services to the community in Oxfordshire.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Professor Matthew David SNAPE
Lately Professor in Paediatrics and Vaccinology, Oxford Vaccine Group,
University of Oxford.
For services to Public Health, particularly during COVID-19.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)


Medallists of the Order of the British Empire

Carl Peter ANGLIM
Lately Chair, Oxfordshire Youth.
For services to Young People.
(Witney, Oxfordshire)

Reverend Margaretha Catharina Maria ARMITSTEAD
For services to the community in Littlemore, Oxfordshire.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Evelyn Lettita BRACEY
For services to the community in Wantage, Oxfordshire.
(Wantage, Oxfordshire)

Valerie Jean BUTCHER
For services to the community in Kidlington, Oxfordshire.
(Kidlington, Oxfordshire)

Patricia Carol EARL
For services to the community in Radley, Oxfordshire.
(Abingdon, Oxfordshire)

Robert Frank EARL
For services to the community in Radley, Oxfordshire.
(Abingdon, Oxfordshire)

Richard KENNELL
Chief Executive Officer, SOFEA.
For services to Social Inclusion and to Alleviating Food Poverty.
(Kidlington, Oxfordshire)

Diana Marian PEARMAN
For services to the community in Sonning Common, Oxfordshire.
(Reading, Oxfordshire)

Charlotte Jessica STACEY
On Call Firefighter, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.
For services to the community in Oxfordshire.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Dorothy Margaret WHITTINGTON
Volunteer, Oxford University Newcomers.
For services to Volunteering and Higher Education.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)

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