The New Year Honours 2022 Lists have been published, marking the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK, and a raft of people across Oxfordshire have been recognised in list.
The New Year Honours 2022 published by the Cabinet Office, with 1,277 people, continues to recognise people from all backgrounds from all across the UK who have made achievements in public life or committed themselves to serve and help the UK.
From left to right: Sir Paul Nurse (Image CC BY-SA 3.0), Emily Lawson (Image @Emily_JR_Lawson), John Dawson (Image © Oxford Biomedica) and Professor Irene Tracey (Image © Merton College)
Here are all the Oxfordshire people recognised in the New Year Honours List 2022.
Order of the Companions of Honour
Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour
Sir Paul Maxime NURSE
For services to Science and Medicine in the UK and Abroad.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Read more: About Sir Paul Nurse
Sir Paul Nurse has made major and sustained contributions to science, society and medicine in the UK and internationally, as a geneticist and cell biologist.
He has received numerous prestigious awards, including The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He has served as President of the Royal Society, modernising the institution and making it more outward-facing.
Through his efforts, Cancer Research UK was created by merging the Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. He went on to create the Francis Crick Institute by bringing together two research institutes, three funders and three universities under his leadership.
He served for 15 years on the Council of Science and Technology, advising the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Order of the British Empire
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Emily LAWSON
Lately, Chief Commercial Officer, NHS England and NHS Improvement. For services to the NHS, particularly during COVID-19.
(Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)
Read more: About Emily Lawson
As Senior Responsible Officer for the vaccine deployment programme, Emily Lawson created and led the successful and effective NHS operation delivering the first Covid vaccination outside a clinical trial in the world, ensuring millions of vaccines into people’s arms each week and helping save over 100,000 lives and countless hospitalisations.
Her decisive action and exceptional leadership instilled a relentless focus nationally, regionally and locally on delivering the vaccine to those most at risk as soon as practically possible, as well as ensuring equal access for all communities.
She was also responsible for the transformation of a high profile and complex outsourcing contract worth £330m over seven years to provide primary care support services, overseeing significant improvements in performance and the reduction of service, reputational and financial risks.
She is part of the Steering Committee of the 30% Club, which aims to increase the representation of women on UK plc boards and to research and support greater diversity in the UK and global institutions.
Order of the British Empire
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Professor Myles Robert ALLEN
Professor of Geosystem Science, University of Oxford. For services to Climate Change Attribution and Prediction and Net-Zero.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)
John Andrew DAWSON
Chief Executive Officer, Oxford BioMedica. For services to UK Life Science.
(Leatherhead, Surrey)
Paul GREENGRASS
Film Director. For services to the Arts.
(Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)
Professor Irene Mary TRACEY
Professor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience and Warden of Merton College, University of Oxford. For services to Medical Research.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Order of the British Empire
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Angela BARRY
School Improvement Partner and Leadership Development Consultant.
For services to Education.
(Harwell, Oxfordshire)
Professor John Robert Fyfe BOLTON
Lately, Visiting Professor, Institute of Public Care, Oxford Brookes University. For services to Social Care.
(Coventry, West Midlands)
Alexander Mark BURNS
Chief Executive Officer, Robert Harter Ltd. For services to the UK Automotive Industry.
(Leafield, Oxfordshire)
Reverend James Alan CRUDDAS FRSA
Deputy Director, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
For Public Service.
(Bicester, Oxfordshire)
Daniel HAYES
Chief Executive, The Orders of St John Care Trust. For services to Social Care.
(Thame, Oxfordshire)
Professor Jonathan MICHIE
Professor, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange and President, Kellogg College, University of Oxford. For services to Education.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Michael John SHARROCK
Chief Executive, British Paralympic Association. For services to Athletes with Disabilities.
(Checkendon, Oxfordshire)
Order of the British Empire
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Ellen Frances BUTTRICK
For services to Rowing.
(Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)
Michael Brian DONEGAN
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SpecialEffect. For services to Technology for the Disabled.
(Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire)
Lucy FLETCHER
Senior Trial Manager, University of Oxford. For services to Clinical Trials.
(Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
Professor Richard John HAYNES
Professor of Renal Medicine and Clinical Trials, University of Oxford. For services to Global Health.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Erin KENNEDY
For services to Rowing.
(Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)
Giedre RAKAUSKAITE
For services to Rowing.
(Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire)
Oliver STANHOPE
For services to Rowing.
(Reading, Oxfordshire)
Joyce Sylvia WARD
Chair, Resident Partnership Board, Sovereign Housing. For services to Social Housing.
(Wantage, Oxfordshire)
Michelle Kay WILLETT
Chief Executive Officer, The Gallery Trust, Oxfordshire. For services to Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
(Enstone, Oxfordshire)
Order of the British Empire
Medallists of the Order of the British Empire
Simon BRADSHAW
Editor, Henley Standard. For services to the community in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, during COVID-19.
(Reading, Berkshire)
Reverend Rumley Myles GODFREY
For services to the community in Oxfordshire.
(Wallingford, Oxfordshire)
Hayley HAYLE
For services to Postnatal Care in Oxford, Oxfordshire during COVID-19.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Joanne Marie MURPHY
For services to the community in Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, particularly during COVID-19.
(Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Sarah Anne TOWNSEND
For services to the community in Witney, Oxfordshire, particularly during COVID-19.
(Witney, Oxfordshire)
