King’s New Year Honours: 32 people with links to Hertfordshire who have received awards
Hertfordshire’s first police and crime commisioner (PCC) is among 32 people linked to the county who have been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours 2025.
David Lloyd is awarded an OBE for services to public safety.
After 12 years and three terms overseeing Hertfordshire Constabulary, he announced at the start of the year that he would not be contesting the PCC election which was held in May and won by fellow Conservative Jonathan Ash-Edwards.
Before standing for the newly created role of PCC in 2012, Mr Lloyd had served as chair of the county’s police authority. Having previously served as a district and county councillor, he was involved in local government for 30 years.
Since stepping down, Mr Lloyd has taken up a post as a senior research fellow at Birmingham University, from which he graduated in 1987 with a BA in French language and literature. He has moved away from Hertfordshire to North Yorkshire.
Honoured with a CBE is Chris Badger, who, as executive director of adult care services at Hertfordshire County Council, is responsible for adult social care in the county, including support for older people and the disabled.
Mr Badger has worked in various roles across health and social care in Hertfordshire, both within the council and the NHS.
COMMANDERS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE)
Christopher Badger, executive director of adult care services, Hertfordshire County Council – for services to adult social care (Cambridge)
James Palmer, senior corporate and governance lawyer, Herbert Smith Freehills – for services to business and to law (Berden, near Bishop’s Stortford)
Gillian Marie Parkin (Gill Riley) OBE, managing director, GGR Group – for services to the lifting industry (Tring)
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)
OFFICERS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (OBE)
Professor Louise Archer, Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education, University College London – for services to education (Hertford)
Mark Emmerson, chief executive officer, The City of London Academies Trust, and lately principal, City Academy, Hackney – for services to education (Harpenden)
Sally Fenton, lately head, Built Environment Innovation Team, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero – for services to net zero innovation (Bishop’s Stortford)
Sarah Louise Godwin, founder and creator of Hartbeeps Music – for services to children and families (Watford)
Margaret Elizabeth Green DL, for voluntary service and services to prisoner rehabilitation in London and Hertfordshire (Tring)
Andrew Headley, for services to educational philanthropy and to charity (Tring)
Alexander Holmes, deputy chief executive officer, The Diana Award – for services to Young People (Radlett)
Michael Jack Livingston, deputy director, major sporting events and delivery, Department for Culture, Media and Sport – for services to holocaust education and to public service (Borehamwood)
David Lloyd, lately Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire – for services to public safety (Tadcaster, North Yorkshire)
Professor Nathalie Pettorelli, head of environmental monitoring and conservation modelling, Zoological Society of London – for services to conservation and to outreach (Stevenage)
Ubaid-ul Rehman, senior diversity and inclusion advisor, College of Policing; co-founder, Imaan; and chair, Goslings Badminton Club – for services to equality in the LGBTQ+ community (Watford)
Stephen Woodard, lately deputy secretary general, European Conservatives and Reformists Group, European Parliament – for political and public service (Watford)
MEMBERS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (MBE)
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)
Dr Katherine Pamela Barclay, board member, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education – for services to education and skills (Hitchin)
Kerry-Anne Cooper, police chaplain, Hertfordshire Constabulary – for services to the community in Hemel Hempstead (Alford, Lincolnshire)
Fazilet Hadi, head of policy, Disability Rights UK – for services to promoting the interests of disabled people (Letchworth)
Simon James MacQueen, director of strategy, Sport England – for services to Sport (Rickmansworth)
Julian George Margolin, chief ambassador, KidsOut – for charitable services to children escaping domestic abuse and violence (Radlett)
Ronald McMurdie, lately Special Chief Inspector, Hertfordshire Constabulary – for services to policing (Biggleswade, Beds)
Elliott Rae, founder, Music Football Fatherhood – for services to supporting new parents and to mental health (Watford)
Antonio John Rizzo, founder, The Alternative Hair Charitable Foundation – for charitable services to leukaemia research and to children with leukaemia (Hatfield)
Keely Siddiqui Charlick, chief executive officer, Sunnyside Rural Trust, Hertfordshire – for services to adult social care (Abbots Langley)
Professor Martin John Wooster, Professor of Earth Observation Science, King’s College London – for services to landscape fire research and wildfire monitoring (St Albans)
MEDALLISTS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (BEM)
James Frank Bryan, founder, London Leaders Development Scheme – for voluntary service to young people (Kings Langley)
Margaret Ann Davison – for services to the community in Hoddesdon
Renee Friend, ambassador, Isabel Hospice – for services to charity and to the community in Bishop’s Stortford
Enoch Kanagaraj, founder, One Vision, and vice-chair, Hertfordshire County Interfaith – for services to charity and to the community in Hertfordshire (Dunstable, Beds)
Dr Doirean Luvurn Wilson, lately associate professor, human resource management, Middlesex University – for services to equality and diversity in education (Waltham Cross)
