King's Honours

King's Honours

The collegiate Cambridge community are immensely proud of the remarkable impact our alumni have on society. Across many fields and endeavours, they are genuine leaders who are imagining and shaping a better future for all of us.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate and celebrate the achievements of the alumni who have been recognised in this year's New Year Honours List. Learn more about the impact and work of some of the alumni recognised in the King's Birthday Honours, 2023.

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Kevin Daly, OBE

Kevin Daly (Gonville & Caius College, 1992) has been awarded an OBE in the King's Birthday Honours 2023 for services to Economics.
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Colin Garrett, BEM

Colin Garrett, alumnus of King's College, has been awarded a British Empire Medal in the King's Birthday Honours 2023 for services to violin making.
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Marcus Bleasdale, CMG

Marcus was appointed Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St George in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours list for services to international photojournalism and human rights
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Professor Rama Thirunamachandran OBE DL

Prof. Rama Thirunamachandran OBE DL was educated at Cambridge University in Geography and Natural Sciences and has been awarded an OBE for services to Higher Education in the King’s Birthday Honours.
Olivia Pinkney CBE QPM MA

Olivia Pinkney CBE QPM MA

Olivia Pinkney joined policing as a constable straight from Cambridge University and has worked across wide ranging policing initiatives, policy and practice at local and national levels. Olivia has been awarded a CBE for services to Policing.
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Sir Peter Barnes MA, DM, DSc, FRCP, Master FCCP, MAE, FMedSci, FRS

Professor Peter Barnes was Knighted in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours for "services to respiratory medicine".
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Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson, MBE

Dr Holmes-Henderson’s work to make Classics more widely available in schools and helping young people develop their communication skills recognised in King's Honours, 2023.
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Chief Constable Serena Kennedy KPM

Serena Kennedy began her career in Policing in 1993 and has had a varied career across three forces, gaining a Masters in Leadership and Policing from University of Cambridge and receiving a King's Policing Medal.
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Simon Williams, OBE

Christ's College alumnus, Simon Williams has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours 2023 ‘for services to care'.
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Vicky Bowman, CMG

Vicky Bowman (Pembroke, 1984), Director, Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business. Awarded the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) For services to Responsible Business and to Human Rights in Myanmar.
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Jason James, OBE

King's College alumnus, Jason James has been awarded an OBE in the King's Birthday Honours 2023 for services to UK/Japan relations.