The King’s Honours List rewards and celebrates individuals who have initiated change where it was needed, developed innovative solutions that have had an immeasurable impact on the lives of thousands of people across the country.

Many are active community champions, innovative social entrepreneurs, pioneering scientists, passionate health workers and dedicated volunteers who have gone the extra mile. 

Here’s the full list of all of the Hertfordshire heroes who have been recognised in this year’s list. 

OBE

1. Christopher Badger,  executive director of adult care services, Hertfordshire County Council. For services to Adult Social Care.

2. James Edwin Palmer, senior corporate and governance lawyer at Herbert Smith, Freehills. For services to Business and to Law (Bishop’s Stortford)

3. Gillian Marie Parkin (Gill Riley) OBE, managing director at GGR Group. For services to the lifting industry. (Tring)

4. Professor Richard Eric Susskind OBE KC FRSE, lately technology advisor to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. For services to Information Technology and to the Law. (Radlett)

5. Professor Louise Archer Ker, Karl Mannheim Chair, Professor of Sociology of Education, University College London. For services to Education. (Hertford)

6. Mark Emmerson, chief executive officer, The City of London Academies Trust and lately Principal, City Academy, London Borough of Hackney. For services to Education. (Harpenden)

7. Sally Fenton, lately head at Built Environment Innovation Team, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. For services to Net Zero Innovation (Bishop’s Stortford)

8. Sarah Louise Godwin, founder and creator of Hartbeeps Music. For services to Children and Families. (Watford)

9. Margaret Elizabeth Green DL. For voluntary service and services to prisoner rehabilitation in London and Hertfordshire (Tring)

10. Andrew Headley, for services to educational philanthropy and to charity (Tring)

11. Alexander Holmes, deputy chief executive officer, The Diana Award. For services to young people (Radlett)

12. Michael Jack Livingstone, deputy director at Major Sporting Events and delivery, department for culture, media and sport. For services to Holocaust Education and to Public Service. (Borehamwood)

13. David Edward Lloyd, former Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire awarded for services to Public Safety. 

14. Professor Nathalie Pettorelli, head of environmental monitoring and conservation modelling, Zoological Society of London. For services to Conservation and to Outreach (Stevenage)

15. Ubaid-ul Rehman, senior diversity and inclusion advisor, College of Policing and Co-Founder, Imaan and Chair, Goslings Badminton Club. For services to Equality in the LGBTQ+ Community. (Watford)

16. Stephen Woodward, former deputy secretary general, European Conservatives and Reformists Group, European Parliament. For Political and Public Service. (Watford)

MBE

17. Gillian Yvonne Arukpe, founder and group chief executive, Social Interest Group and Chief Executive Officer, Penrose. For services to Charity and Mental Health. (St Albans)

18. Dr Katherine Pamela Barclay, board member at Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. For services to Education and Skills. (Hitchin)

19. Kerry-Anne Cooper, Police Chaplin, Hertfordshire Constabulary. For services to the community in Hemel Hempstead

20. Fazilet Hadi, head of policy at Disability Rights UK. For services to Promoting the Interests of Disabled People. (Letchworth)

21. Simon James Macqueen, director of strategy, Sport England. For services to Sport. (Rickmansworth)

22. Julian George Margolin, chief ambassador at KidsOut. For charitable services to children escaping domestic abuse and violence. (Radlett)

23. Ronald McMurdie, former special chief inspector, Hertfordshire Constabulary. For services to policing.

24. Elliott Rae, founder of Music Football Fatherhood. For services to supporting new parents and to mental health (Watford)

25. Antonio John Rizzo, founder of The Alternative Hair Charitable Foundation. For charitable services to Leukaemia Research and to children with leukaemia. (Hatfield)

26. Keely Siddiqui Charlick, chief executive officer at Sunnyside Rural Trust, Hertfordshire. For services to Adult Social Care. (Abbots Langley)

27. Professor Martin John Wooster, Professor of Earth Observation Science, King’s College London. For services to Landscape Fire Research and Wildfire Monitoring. (St Albans)

BEM

28. James Frank Bryan, founder of the London Leaders Development Scheme. For voluntary service to Young People. (Kings Langley)

29. Margaret Ann Davison. For services to the community in Hoddesdon.

30. Renee Friend, ambassador at Isabel Hospice. For services to charity and to the community in Bishop’s Stortford. (Bishop’s Stortford)

31. Enoch Kanagaraj, One Vision and Vice-Chair at Hertfordshire County Interfaith. For services to charity and to the community in Hertfordshire.

32. Dr Doirean Luvurn Wilson, former associate professor, Human Resource Management, Middlesex University. For services to Equality and Diversity in Education. (Waltham Cross)