New Year’s Honours – 2024 (West Yorkshire)

West Yorkshire Honours

Order of the British Empire

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Robert Geoffrey BURROW MBE For services to Motor Neurone Disease Awareness

Officers of the Order of the British Empire

Jayne Louise CLARKE Executive Principal, Pinnacle Learning Trust. For services to Further Education

Stuart John ENSOR National Chair, Royal Air Force Air Cadets. For voluntary service to Young People

Kerry Joanne JACKSON Chief Executive, St Gemma's Hospice. For services to Palliative and End of Life Care

Professor Mark Harvey WILCOX Lately National Clinical Director for Infection Prevention and Control, NHS England and Chair, SAGE SubCommittee on Hospital Onset Covid Infection.For services to Healthcare, particularly during Covid-19

Members of the Order of the British Empire

Tajinder Kaur BANWAIT Founder, Urban Apothecary London. For services to Business and to the Beauty Industry

Robert Duncan BEAUMONT Lately Governor, Ravenscliffe High School and Sports College, Halifax. Services to School Governance and to Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs

Helen BINNS Manager, Families First Team, Leeds City Council. For services to Vulnerable People

Richard James BOTTOMLEY Headteacher, Bradford Alternative Provision Academy. For services to Vulnerable Children and Young People

Dr Alasdair Cunningham BRUCE Boston Spa Renewed Programme Manager. For services to Libraries

Professor Rachel Elizabeth COWGILL Professor of Music, University of York. For services to Culture, to Education and to the Arts

Alison Jane FRANCE Operational Leader, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Disadvantaged People

Professor Panagiotis GIANNOUDIS Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University of Leeds and Founder, Day One Trauma Support. For services to Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery

David James Connelly GRAHAM National Director, Care Leavers Association. For services to Care Leavers

Lesley Ann HASTINGS For services to the community in Leeds, West Yorkshire

Melanie Sharon ßJOHN-ROSS Lately Service Director, Children's Social Care and Safeguarding. For services to Children and Families in Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Jayne Anne LAW Lately Head of Honours and the Kings Award for Voluntary Service, Department for Culture, Media and Sport. For Public Service

Kathryn Julia MARSHALL Senior Manager, Lloyds Banking Group, Halifax. For services to Further Education and Skills

Carol STUMP Lately, President, Libraries Connected. For services to Public Libraries

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire

Chandra Shekhar BIYANI Consultant Urological Surgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Medical Education

Sarah Louise GOODALL Watch Manager, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to Fire and Rescue

Richard Stansfield ISAAC Community and Sustainability Manager, Northern Trains. For services to Inclusion in the Rail Industry

Azam Ahmed KHAN Executive Officer, Department for Work and Pensions and Founder, The Akhirah Team. For Charitable Services

Diana Rosemary LEE For services to the community in Collingham, West Yorkshire

Mubarak Hussain MAHMED Well-Being and Engagement Co-ordinator, First Bus North and West Yorkshire. For services to Mental Health

Matthanee NILAVONGSE For services to the community in Todmorden, West Yorkshire

Josephine PARKIN For services to the community in Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Debra Ruth VEIGAS End of Life Care Admiral Nurse, Wakefield Hospice and Dementia UK For services to People with Dementia and to End of Life Care in Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Darren WALKER For services to the community in Leeds, West Yorkshire