Sarah Healey has received a damehood in the King’s Birthday honours.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government permanent secretary becomes a Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath – which recognises the work of senior military officials and civil servants.
Fellow permanent secretary-level civil servant, Madeleine Alessandri, the Joint Intelligence Committee chair, has also been awarded a damehood, with both officials recognised for their contribution to public service.
Former Foreign Office permanent secretary Philip Barton - who was already a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George - was awarded the highest honour possible within this order, a Knight Grand Cross.
Peter Lauener, former chief executive of the Education and Skills Funding Agency, has also been awarded top recognition in the King’s Birthday Honours, receiving a knighthood for services to education.
Healey, Alessandri and Lauener are among scores of civil servants recognised in King Charles’ third birthday honours.
The honour of Companion of the Order of the Bath, which recognises distinguished service in the civil service and the military, went to seven current and former civil servants. Those listed include Sarah Harrison, chief operating officer at the Cabinet Office, for services to government productivity and regulatory excellence, and Philip Douglas, director general at Border Force, for services to border security and public service.
Five civil servants received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, which is awarded for having a prominent role at national or regional level. Those awarded a CBE include Janet Hughes, director, farming and countryside programme at Defra, who takes up her cross-government post as director general for civil service reform this month. Hughes was recognised for her contribution to public service.
Here are all the civil servants named in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List:
Dames Commander of the Order of the Bath
Madeleine Kay Alessandri, chair, Joint Intelligence Committee
Sarah Elizabeth Healey, permanent secretary, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
GCMG: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Sir Philip Barton, former permanent under-secretary, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
KCMG: Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Stephen Kavanagh, lately Interpol executive director of police services
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Richard Chettleburgh, director, Ministry of Defence
Philip Douglas, director general, border force, Home Office
Katie Ruth Farrington, lately director general for social security disability and pensions, Department for Work and Pensions
Jerome Alexander Pierre Glass, director general, courts and access to justice, International Justice and Legal, Ministry of Justice
Sarah Harrison, chief operating officer, Cabinet Office
Peter William May, lately permanent secretary, Department of Health, Northern Ireland Civil Service
Matthew Thurstan, chief finance officer and director general, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Knighthoods
Peter Rene Lauener, lately chief executive, Education and Skills Funding Agency, and lately board member, Department for Education
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
James Barton, executive director, HMPPS Change, HM Prison and Probation Service
Alison Hilton, lately universal credit area director, North East, Department for Work and Pensions
Janet Hughes, director, farming and countryside programme, Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs
Alice Michelle Hurrell, chief people officer, Department of Energy Security and Net Zero
Fred Perry, formerly director, Advanced Manufacturing, Department for Business and Trade (now director, Industrial Strategy), for services to Business and Trade
Marie Clare Stone, deputy director, Ministry of Defence
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Matthew Austin, team leader, Ministry of Defence
Dr Stephen Baker, Scottish Government trade envoy to Japan
Tracy Buckingham, deputy director, security and cyber security exports, Department for Business and Trade
Dr Jolene Cook, head of international climate science, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Mark Couzens, team leader, Ministry of Defence
Zoe Erin Gascoyne, deputy director, offshore corporate and wealthy, HM Revenue and Customs
John George Hawkins, director, resettlement services, Home Office
Dr Veronica Barbara Holland, lately head of violence against the person branch, Department of Justice, Northern Ireland Civil Service
Phillip Courtney Holliday, border force regional director, central region, Home Office
Ryan Jacob, team leader, Ministry of Defence
Geraint Wyn Jenkins, head of crime and cross-cutting, Digital and Technology Services, HM Courts and Tribunals Service
Piers Frank Bruce Le Marquand, senior lawyer, Department for Transport Legal Team, Government Legal Department
Amanda Lisle, team leader, Ministry of Defence
Kevin McNulty, deputy head, Martyn 's Law Policy Team, Home Office
Richard Telford Perry, head of northern engagement, Department for Transport
Andrew Powell, team leader, Ministry of Defence
Nicholas Lawson Stroud, head of accountancy profession, Serious Fraud Office
Richard Brian Taylor, governor, Northern Ireland Prison Service
Tracy Ann Westall, non-executive director, Department for Transport
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Beverley Adey-Morgan, lead business analyst, Department for Work and Pensions
Howard Bines, senior policy lead for careers, Department for Education
Anthony John Nicholas Chalmers, assistant director, Department for Education
Melanie Louise Cooper, armed forces champion, Department for Work and Pensions
Michael Gallagher, policy manager, Home Office
Yvonne Patricia Gallagher, director, digital insights, National Audit Office
Sybille Anne Graham, technical lead, HM Revenue and Customs
Jennifer Catherine Hamilton-Woodthorpe, lead sponsor London Underground Major Projects, Transport for London
Pravin Ravji Kara Jethwa, delivery officer, Regions Group London, Department for Education
Ruth Alexandra Marshall, head of futures capability, Government Office for Science
Margaret Petrina Mathieson, staff officer, Department of Finance, Northern Ireland Civil Service
Keith McDevitt, cyber resilience team leader, Scottish Government
Donald Morrow, head of dairy, pigs, poultry and crops branch, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland Civil Service
Michael Joseph Mulholland, deputy principal, Historical Institutional Abuse Implementation Branch, The Executive Office, Northern Ireland Civil Service
Professor Donna-Jean Corrigan O'Boyle, professional adviser to the chief nursing officer's directorate, Scottish Government
Paul Anthony Robertson, senior VAT manager, Scottish Government
William George Robinson, liaison officer, Ministry of Defence
Andrea Louise Scott, border force senior officer, Home Office
Shahid Ullah, work coach, Department for Work and Pensions
Ann Elizabeth Whittle, disability allies lead, HM Courts and Tribunal Service
Paul Stephen Wisher, commercial support, Department for Education
David Carter, team leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Edward Hannah, head of Overseas Estates Department and chief engineer; Estates, Security & Network Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Dr Robin Milton, lately deputy director, Humanitarian Development & Economic Department, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Michael Nithavrianakis, lately British ambassador to Somalia
Stephen Palmer, team leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Billy Stewart, lately development director, British Consulate General Jerusalem
Sarah Surgenor, team leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ann Swampillai, deputy director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Helen Twist, lately private secretary to the permanent under-secretaries of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Lindsay Baker, team leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Khalida Cox, lately Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting operations manager, British High Commission Apia, Samoa
Niall Fry, team leader, Global Health Security, Health and Security Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Raj Ghose, team leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Glenn Ludlow, team leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Matthew Osborne, lately head of the United Nation Cybercrime Convention Negotiations, Cyber Policy Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Michael Richards, team leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Michael Woollard, team leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Empire Medal
Jack Nettleton Burrows, lately second secretary political, British Embassy Tel Aviv, Israel. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Dr Jennifer Chandler-Cooke, lately second secretary political, British Embassy Tel Aviv, Israel. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Annabel Mitchell-Gears, lately political consul, British Consulate General Jerusalem. For services to British Foreign Policy.
Haytham Hamad, vice consul, British Consulate General Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For services to British Nationals Overseas.
Sharoon Lallmahomed, corporate services manager, British High Commission Port Louis, Mauritius. For services to the British High Commission in Port Louis.
Julian Murray, HM Consul, British Consulate General Jerusalem. For services to British Nationals in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Warren Robe, lately Technical Works Supervisor, British Embassy Tehran. For services to the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran.
Medallists of the Order of the British Empire
Karen Jill Bradley, lately team leader, Resilience Division, Scottish Government
Luba Brown, executive officer, Department for Work and Pensions
CMG: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Mark Bassett, lately special assistant to the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
James Kariuki, UK deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, New York
Andrew Murdoch, governor of Bermuda and lately legal director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Christopher Rampling, lately director, national security, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Corin Robertson, director general, finance and corporate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Katherine Rowe, director general, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Beverley Tew, lead non-executive director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; trustee and chair of the audit committee of Plan International UK
Charles Walker, director international operations, British Council. For services to UK Cultural relations
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