New Year Honours 2023

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 

Ms Maria Teresa Jennings

Director, Regulatory Compliance, People and Northern Ireland, Food Standards Agency. For services to public health.

Mr Samuel David Pollock OBE

For public service in Northern Ireland.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Mr Brian Baird

Lately Board Member, Invest NI. For services to economic development in Northern Ireland.

Mr Michael Thomas Bell

Executive Director, Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association Ltd. For services to the food and drink industry and to the economy in Northern Ireland.

Mr Joseph Patrick Breen

Lately Senior Scientific Officer, Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to marine science and to environmental protection.

Professor Francis Anthony Casey

Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist. For services to healthcare in Northern Ireland.

Mr Victor James Boyd Chestnutt

Lately President, Ulster Farmers' Union. For services to agriculture.

Dr Jennifer Elliott

For services to the arts in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Carol Marie McCann

Lately Principal, St Dominic's Grammar School, Belfast. For services to education.

Mr Steven McCourt

Head of reducing reoffending, resettlement and rehabilitation, Department of Justice, Northern Ireland Executive. For public service.

Mr John Gordon Milligan

For services to business and human resource management in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Mary Montgomery

Principal, Belfast Boys' Model. For services to education.

Mr Trevor Dale Robinson

Lately Principal, Lurgan College, County Armagh. For services to education.

Dr John Edmund Stannard

Legal academic, Queen's University of Belfast. For services to legal education.

Ms Deborah Elizabeth Watters

Co-Director, Northern Ireland Alternative. For public service.

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Dr Roy Anderson

For services to science and nature.

Mrs Sandra Hazel Bailie

For services to bowls.

Mr George Crawford Bell

For services to the music industry in Northern Ireland.

Mr William John Gaston Bennett

For services to radio and television broadcasting in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Sandra Best

Volunteer and Trustee, Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation. For voluntary service.

Mr Stephen John Bleakley

For services to libraries and to the community in Fermanagh, Omagh and Fivemiletown.

Mr Kenneth Sydney Brundle

For services to business, to economic development and to the charitable sector in Northern Ireland.

Dr Anne Campbell

Reader, Queen's University Belfast. For services to drug policy and practice.

Mr William James Coffey

Secretary to the Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board. For public service.

Mrs Susan Shirley Cunningham DL

Lately President, North of Ireland Veterinary Association. For services to the veterinary profession in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Jacqueline Dixon

Chief Executive, Antrim and Newtownabbey Council. For services to local government and to the community in Northern Ireland.

Ms Eileen Lilian Mary Donnelly

Member, Board of Governors, The Integrated College, Dungannon. For services to education in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Lorraine Foster

For services to people with learning disabilities in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

Dr Godfrey Jonathan Gaston

Lately Director, Centre for Secure Information Technologies. For services to cyber security innovation.

Mr Brian Jozef Grzymek

Lately Deputy Director, Department of Justice, Northern Ireland Executive. For public and voluntary service in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Kathleen Margaret Joy Guthrie

For services to the Reserve Forces and to the Veteran Community in Northern Ireland.

Reverend Matthew Hagan

Chaplain, Southern Area Hospice and Rector of Tynan, Aghavilly and Middletown Parishes, County Armagh.  For services to hospice healthcare and to the community in Northern Ireland.

Professor Anne Heaslett

Lately Principal, Stranmillis University College, Queen's University Belfast. For services to education.

Mr Peter Desmond Jack

For services to endurance sport and charity in Northern Ireland.

Rabbi David Michael Kale

Faith Leader, Belfast Synagogue. For services to the Jewish Community in Northern Ireland.

Mr Samuel James Kee

Community Development Worker. For services to the community in County Londonderry.

Mr Gavin Joseph Killeen DL

Managing Director, Nuprint Technologies Ltd. For services to further education in Northern Ireland.

Mr Robert Leckey

For services to education in County Down, Northern Ireland.

Dr Alison Florence Livingstone

Paediatrician, Northern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to safeguarding children in Northern Ireland.

Mr Peter McBride

For services to the economy and to the community in County Tyrone.

Ms Katrina McDonnell

Founder, Homeless Period Belfast. For services to Women's Health.

Mr Patrick Joseph McGurn

Chief Executive Officer, Lakeland Community Care. For services to the community in County Fermanagh and Tyrone.

Professor Sonja Jayne McIlfatrick

Dean of the Ulster Doctoral College and Professor of Nursing and Palliative Care, Ulster University. For services to higher education and public health.

Mr William Oliver DL

For services to education, to business and to charities in County Londonderry.

Mrs Heather Pratt

Chair, Board of Governors, Rossmar Special School, Limavady, County Londonderry. For services to education.

Mrs Gail Redmond

For services to association football in Northern Ireland.

Mr Andrew Peter Saunders

Lately Chair, Southern Regional College (Further and Higher Education College), County Armagh and County Down. For services to the further education sector in Northern Ireland.

Professor Michael Gordon Scott

Director, Medicines Optimisation Innovation Centre. For services to pharmacy in Northern Ireland.

Mr John Stewart

District Chairman, Royal British Legion Northern Ireland. For services to veterans.

Mrs Ursula Margaret Waite (Ursula Lavery)

For services to the agri-food Industry and to the economy in Northern Ireland.

Mr Joseph Norman Wilson

For services to business and to the community in Northern Ireland.

Mr Samuel Godfrey Young

For services to social work and to education.

Medallist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Mr Stephen Burns

Road Sweeper, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. For services to the community in Portglenone, County Antrim.

Mr Robert James Collins (Seamus Collins)

For services to seriously-ill children.

Mrs Roberta Joan Cooke

Manager, Caw Community Playgroup, Londonderry.  For services to Early Years Learning.

Mrs Tracey Crothers

For services to the community in Maghaberry, County Antrim.

Mr Christopher Robert David Cuddy

For voluntary service to the community in Northern Ireland.

Mr Peter Anthony Dolan

Founder, Enda Dolan Foundation. For services to Justice and to young people in Northern Ireland.

Mr Jahswill Rohi Alexander Emmanuel

Founder, Multi-Ethnic Sports and Cultures Northern Ireland. For services to the community in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Julie Gough

For services to midwifery in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Lynn Green

For services to emergency nursing in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Raye Elizabeth Greenway

For services to young people in Northern Ireland through The Boys' Brigade.

Mr Derek Richard Greenway

For services to young people in Northern Ireland through The Boys' Brigade.

Mr William John Hutchinson

Volunteer Driver, Belfast City Hospital. For services to healthcare in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Catherine Georgina Johnston

For services to Save The Children and to the community in Belfast.

Mr William Iain Kennedy

Director, Aisling Counselling Centre and Coach, Enniskillen Royal Boat Club. For voluntary service to the community in County Fermanagh.

Mr Dara Seamus McAnulty

For services to the environment and to people with autism spectrum disorder.

Mrs Winifred McConnell

Registrar, Belfast City Council. For services to Local Government.

Mr James McDowell

For services to the community in Banbridge, County Down.

Mr Patrick Joseph McTeague

Food Technology Technician, Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland Executive. For public and voluntary service.

Mr James McVicar Morrison

For services to agriculture in Northern Ireland.

Mr Anthony Oliver Morrison

For voluntary services to the community in Northern Ireland.

Ms Michelle Veronica Mullan

Clerical Officer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast. For voluntary and charitable service to the community in County Antrim.

Mrs Siobhain Murphy

Co-founder, A Safe Space To Be Me. For services to the community in County Antrim.

Mr David Ronald Quigg

For services to Police and Military Welfare in County Armagh.

Mr James Reed

Head of Crime Scene Investigation, Police Service of Northern Ireland. For services to policing in Northern Ireland.

Mr William David Sargent

Support Services Coordinator, The Open University. For services to higher education and to charity.

Mrs Iris Smyth

Lately senior telephonist, Northern Health and Social Care Trust. For services to healthcare in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Carolyn Tailford

Co-Founder, A Safe Space To Be Me. For services to the community in County Antrim.

Mr Jonathan Gordon Topping

General Manager, Clayton Hotel, Belfast. For services to the Covid-19 Response.

Mr Peter Giosuè Vannucci

Vice-President, Bangor Football Club. For services to association football in County Down.

Ms Helena Mary White

County President, Girlguiding North Down. For services to young people in Northern Ireland.

Mrs Alison June Wolfe

Senior Personal Secretary, Labour Relations Agency. For services to employment relations in Northern Ireland.

King’s Police Medal (KPM)

Constable John Bannon

Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Detective Superintendent Lindsay Leanne Fisher

Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd

Police Service of Northern Ireland.