Birthday Honours – 2016 (West Yorkshire)

Order of the British Empire

Officers of the Order of the British Empire

Julian Charles APPLEYARD
Principal, Rochdale Sixth Form College, Lancashire.
For services to Education.
(Pontefract, West Yorkshire)

Julie, Mrs BOWMAN
Area Operations Manager, Yorkshire and Humberside, Crown Prosecution Service.
For services to Law and Order particularly Digital Working.
(Halifax, West Yorkshire)

Hanif MALIK
Chief Executive, Hamara.
For services to Sport and the community particularly in Yorkshire.
(Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Dr Nima POOVAYA SMITH
Founder and Director, Alchemy Anew.
For services to Arts and Museums in Yorkshire.
(Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Enid Josephine, Mrs TEASDALE
Lately Chair of Governors, Barnsley College.
Josie Teasdale For services to Education in South Yorkshire.
(Halifax, West Yorkshire)

Dr Geetha UPADHYAYA
Co-Founder and lately Chief Executive and Artistic Director, Kala Sangam.
For services to South Asian Arts in the UK.
(Guiseley, West Yorkshire)

Members of the Order of the British Empire

David ASHTON
For services to the Church of England and the community in Batley, West Yorkshire.
(Mirfield, West Yorkshire)

Taiyabur Rahman CHOWDHURY
Lately Adoption Social Worker, Bradford City Council.
For services to Children and Families.
(West Yorkshire)

Rosemary Grace Elizabeth, Mrs CLEAVE
Fundraiser and Chair, Huddersfield Branch, NSPCC.
For services to Children.
(Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)

Hazel Joyce, Mrs HAAS
For services to Wounded and Injured Service Personnel and the RNLI.
(West Yorkshire)

Alan Howard JEROME
Life President, Bradford Grammar School and lately Vice Chair of Corporation, Bradford College.
For services to Education and the community in Bradford.
(Addingham, West Yorkshire)

Canon Yaqub MASIH
For services to Community Cohesion and Interfaith Relations in West Yorkshire.
(Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)

Alexander James MCWHIRTER
Chief Executive, Finance Yorkshire.
For services to Business and the Economy in Yorkshire.
(Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Rashiklal PARMAR
Lead Cloud Adviser – Europe and Distinguished Rashik Parmar Engineer, IBM and Board Member, Leeds City Region LEP.
For services to Innovation and Business.
(Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Mohammed Akhlak RAUF
Manager, Meri Yaadain (My Memories) Dementia Team, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council.
For services to People with Dementia and their Carers.
(Bradford, West Yorkshire)

Dr Adam TASKER
Disability Support Worker, University of Bradford.
For services to Higher Education and Access to Sport.
(Bradford, West Yorkshire)

Miss Dawn WHITELEY
Chief Executive, National Enterprise Network.
For services to Business Support and Enterprise.
(Holmfirth, West Yorkshire)

Ann, Mrs WITHERS
Member, Independent Monitoring Board, HMP Wakefield.
For voluntary services to HM Prison Service.
(Pontefract, West Yorkshire)

Stephen John WOOD
RNLI Fundraiser, West Yorkshire Business Branch.
For services to Maritime Safety.
(Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Medallist of the Order of the British Empire

David BENTLEY
For services to Young People in West Yorkshire through the Scouting Movement.
(Bradford, West Yorkshire)

John Nichol DAKER
For services to the community in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

Kevin METCALFE
Operations Manager, Joint Activities and Motor Education Service.
For services to Education.
(Bradford, West Yorkshire)

Andrew Maurice (Andy) PEDDLE
For charitable services to Homeless People and to Victims of Human Trafficking through the Salvation Army.
(Wakefield, West Yorkshire)

Elaine Amelia, Mrs RATHMELL
For services to the community in West Yorkshire.
(Bradford, West Yorkshire)

Peter SMITH
Volunteer, West Yorkshire Police.
For services to Community Safety in Rothwell, Leeds.
(Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Raymond SPENCER
For voluntary services to the MS Society and Kingsland School, Wakefield.
(Wakefield, West Yorkshire)

Keith William SYKES
For services to Young People through the Scout Association and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
(Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)