Derbyshire folk honoured in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

The list hails many people for their remarkable efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Rosemary Ann Drinkwater, who is originally from Chesterfield, has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to higher education, innovation and enterprise.

She is group finance director at the University of Warwick, where she has worked since 1993.

Rosemary, a former pupil of St Helena girls’ school, still maintains links with Chesterfield.

She said of her OBE: “It is a team award for the amazing colleagues, family and friends who have supported me over the years and in particular the late Lord Bhattacharyya who was a significant driving force in my career.”

Here is a list of other people from our circulation areas in Derbyshire who have been honoured in the list.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Matthew Smith - chief executive officer, The Key Fund. For services to social investment (Hope Valley)

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Adam James Gordon - mobile network engineer, Ericsson. For services to the telecommunications industry during Covid-19 (Hope Valley)

Andrew David Morris - group leader, manufacturing metrology, National Physical Laboratory. For services to the manufacture and supply of personal protection equipment during the Covid-19 response (Chesterfield)

Ian Lowry Cole Maclean - managing director, Matlock-based John Smedley Ltd. For services to the textile industry and the Covid-19 response

Bernice Suzanne Allport - workplace adjustment team leader, civil service employee policy, Cabinet Office. For services to gender equality (Wingerworth)

Debra Jane Gray - principal, Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education. For services to education (Dronfield)

Allison Kemp - managing director, A.I.M Commercial Services Ltd. For services to transport and logistics (Belper)

Catherine Elizabeth Winfield - executive chief nurse, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. For services to nursing (Ripley)

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Tracey Mairs - registered manager, Marple Lodge Care Home. For services to the Covid-19 response (Birch Vale)

Roy Frederick Pickles - for services to the community in Buxton (Buxton)

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