Queen's Birthday Honours: Coventry and Warwickshire stands proud

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Leader of Warwickshire County Council among those honoured



Charity workers, community leaders, scientists and politicians are among those from Coventry and Warwickshire recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Cllr Izzy Seccombe, the first female leader of Warwickshire County Council, receives an OBE for services to local government, while Joan Bunn receives a British Empire Medal for services to Citizens’ Advice Bureau and the community in Nuneaton.

She said: "I'm amazed and delighted - it's very humbling.

"About six weeks ago I had a letter from the Cabinet Office asking if Her Majesty was minded to make an award wold I accept it.

"You sit there for a long time and then you wonder how and why did this letter get here. Questions that I still don't know the answer to.

"It is massively exciting."

Karen Manners, deputy chief constable of Warwickshire Police, is awarded a Queen’s Police Medal, and Paul Kehoe, from Alcester, chief executive of Birmingham Airport, receives a CBE for services to the aviation industry and the UK economy.

Other local winners include:

Prof Laura Elizabeth Green, from Kenilworth, of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick, for services to the health and welfare of farmed livestock.

Maria McCaffery MBE, from Kenilworth, formerly chief executive officer of RenewableUK, for services to the renewable energy sector.

Rakesh Sharma, of Hunningham, chief executive of Ultra Electronics, for services to defence capability.

Roderick Williams, of Kineton, for services to music.

Amanda Mordey, from Coventry, headteacher of Merstone Special School and Forest Oak Special School in Solihull, for services to special educational needs and disability.

Nardeep Sharma, from Coventry, chief executive officer of The Thrive Partnership Academy Trust, and executive principal of Colne Community College and Philip Morant School and College, in Essex, for services to education.

Anne Bradley, from Henley-in-Arden, for charitable services in Warwickshire.

Janet Down, from Ansley, chief executive of SoLO Life Opportunities, for services to children and young people with special needs in the West Midlands.

Gideon Jewel, from Kenilworth, global president of Lear Corporation, for services to the automotive industry and charity.

Harriet Granville, from Warwickshire, former history teacher at Tudor Hall School in Banbury, for services to education.

Isabel Martinson, from Stratford, executive chairman of the Considerate Constructors Scheme, for services to business.