The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry,rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences,work with charitable and welfare organizations,and public service outside the civil service. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions,the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or a dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal,whose recipients are affiliated with,but not members of,the order.
Anthony John Abbott,CMG,OBE,MBE is an English diplomat,who served as Governor of Montserrat from 1997 to 2001.
John Cecil Dauth,is an Australian public servant and diplomat. He was the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2013.
Edward David Gerard Llewellyn,Baron Llewellyn of Steep,is a British diplomat and former political adviser serving as the British Ambassador to Italy since 2022. He previously served as the British Ambassador to France from 2016 to 2021 and as the Downing Street Chief of Staff under then prime minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2016.
Victoria Marguerite Treadell,is the high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Australia and has been in the posting since April 2019. She is the former High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia,High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to New Zealand and Samoa,and Governor of the Pitcairn Islands.
Peter John Hughes is a British diplomat. From 2013 to 2018 he was the British High Commissioner to Belize.
Alice Louise Walpole,,is a British diplomat who was Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq. She had previously served as British Ambassador to Luxembourg and to Mali.
Desmond Patrick Neil Wigan is a British diplomat who is the current British High Commissioner to Kenya. He previously served as the UK Ambassador to Somalia from 2013 to 2015. He also served as the British ambassador to Israel,June 2019 to June 2023,replacing David Quarrey. In June 2023,he was appointed the British High Commissioner to Kenya,replacing Jane Marriott.
Sir Philip Robert Barton is a British diplomat,currently the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office. He was previously British High Commissioner to India;he was High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2014 to 2016.
Diane Louise CornerOBE is a British diplomat currently serving as the British Consul General in Jerusalem. She was previously the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General of MINUSCA between 2014 and 2017.
Dame Menna Frances Rawlings is a British diplomat serving as British Ambassador to France since 2021. Previously British High Commissioner to Australia from 2015 to 2019,she then served as Director General of Economic and Global Issues at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2019 to 2020.
Alexander Evans is an academic who has served as a British diplomat. He is a Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics. He also holds a visiting appointment at the University of Southern California.
Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque is a British diplomat who,most recently,served as British High Commissioner to Canada from 2017 to 2021. She previously served as British Ambassador to Austria from 2012 to 2016.
Loretta Caroline Rose Minghella is a British academic administrator and former charity executive. Since 2021,she has served as Master of Clare College,Cambridge,her alma mater. Previously,she was the Chief Executive Officer of Christian Aid,and served as the First Church Estates Commissioner,one of the most senior lay people in the Church of England.
Jan Thompson is a British diplomat,who since April 2023 has served as the British Ambassador to Norway. She served previously as British Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2017,and as British Deputy High Commissioner to India from 2018 to 2023.
Sarah Anne Pascale Hulton is a British diplomat who is the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. She officially became the British High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in August 2019 who replaced James Dauris who previously served in the office since 2015. She is also the recipient of Officer of the Order of the British Empire,an award which is awarded for prominent national or regional achievements in the UK.
Laura Mary Clarke is the CEO of ClientEarth a global non-profit environmental law organisation. She is a former British diplomat,who served as the British High Commissioner to New Zealand,and the Governor of Pitcairn.
Kumar Sabapathy Iyer is a British economist and civil servant. He is currently the Director General for Economics,Science and Technology at the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). He leads all cross-cutting work on international economic policy including oversight of the UK’s sanctions regime. His most recent roles include Director General in the Prime Minister’s COVID-19 Taskforce and before that Chief Economist and a Board Member at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).
Lindy Cameron is a British civil servant and diplomat,serving from April 2024 as British High Commissioner to India. From 2020 to 2024 she was chief executive officer at the National Cyber Security Centre,and before that Director-General in the Northern Ireland Office and the Department for International Development.
