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Susie Warran-Smith, CBE, DL is a British author and broadcaster. She was appointed the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in Elizabeth II's 2022 New Year Honours and Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Kent.
Warran-Smith graduated from the University for the Creative Arts. She attended Staffordshire University and graduated with an MBA in 1995. Warran-Smith started her career as a designer in advertising agencies in London in the mid-1980s, becoming a brand specialist and a guest lecturer at the University for the Creative Arts. She became a marketing and communications director in corporate roles, including at Barclays Bank. In 2015, she founded Breakthrough Funding, which was sold to Ernst & Young in 2020. She was a non-executive member of the Audit and Risk Committee at the Department for Communities and Local Government (now DLUHC) from 2006 to 2012 and was appointed Chair of Produced in Kent in June 2021. She is a Non-Executive Director of His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC). [1] [2]
Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, is a British Conservative Party politician and headhunter. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons from 1984 to 2005. She became a member of the House of Lords in 2005.
Ruth Beatrice Henig, Baroness Henig, was a British academic historian and Labour politician.
Christine Elizabeth King, CBE, FRHistS, DL is a British historian and university administrator. She was Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Staffordshire University from 1995 to 2011.
Sir Steven George West is a British podiatrist, the vice-chancellor, president and chief executive officer of the University of the West of England since 2008. He holds a number of national and international advisory appointments in higher education, healthcare policy and regional government.
Yvonne Helen Carter was a British general practitioner and Dean of the Warwick Medical School, a post she took up in 2004, after being the Vice-Dean. Warwick Medical School is Britain's first medical school to only accept applications from graduates.
Rear Admiral Roy Alexander George Clare, was a Flag Officer in the Royal Navy, Chair of the Chelmsford Cultural Development Trust, trustee of digital inclusion charity Good Things Foundation and of the Heritage Alliance.
Ruth Sarah Farwell retired as Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Buckinghamshire New University in February 2015.
Dame Elan Closs Stephens is a Welsh academic who has been a non-executive director of the BBC Board since 2017, and Chair of the BBC between 27 June 2023 and 4 March 2024. She is Electoral Commissioner for Wales and Pro-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University. She chairs the UNESCO International Prize for the Creative Economy panel.
General Sir Mark Alexander Popham Carleton-Smith, is a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff from June 2018 to June 2022. He previously served as Director Special Forces and commanded 22 Special Air Service Regiment.
Kathryn Felice Lampard, Baroness Lampard, DL is an English former barrister.
Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Queen's Official Birthday in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The dates vary, both from year to year and from country to country. All are published in supplements to the London Gazette and many are formally conferred by the monarch some time after the date of the announcement, particularly for those service people on active duty.
Robert John Allison DL is a British academic. Professor Allison has held senior leadership roles in a number of top UK universities. Currently a Non-Executive Director and Trustee of several organisations, Allison was previously the Vice-Chancellor and President of Loughborough University.
The New Year Honours 2014 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January.
Dame Lynne Gillian Owens, is a senior police officer in the United Kingdom. She was made interim Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service in September 2022 before being confirmed as that role's permanent holder in February 2023, the first-ever such female holder.
Dame Madeleine Julia Atkins, is a British academic administrator, scholar of education, and former teacher. Since 2018, she has served as the 9th President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She was formerly vice-chancellor of Coventry University, and the Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (2014–2018).
Margaret Adela Miriam Carver DL is an English businesswoman. She is currently Chair of The Licoricia of Winchester Appeal and was recently Deputy Chairman of Ofcom where she was interim Chair January 2021 and April 2022, and Chair of the Content Board. She was the first woman Chairman of ITN, leading horseracing organisation the RCA, and the British Board of Film Classification.
Nora Margaret Senior CBE DL is a Scottish businesswoman. She has received awards including the First Women UK Media Award (2013), and the global ‘Stevie’ for Best Woman in Business, In 2013 she was appointed president of the British Chambers of Commerce. She is also a regional chair at Weber Shandwick.
Sir Stephen John Deuchar is a British arts administrator, and was director of the UK's Art Fund from 2010 to 2020.
The 2023 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and those for 2023 were announced on 30 December 2022.
Edwin John Booth is the chairman of British supermarket chain Booths, which was founded in 1847 by his great-great-grandfather Edwin Henry Booth.