New Year Honours 2025

We warmly congratulate the following Balliol alumni who have received awards in the New Years Honours list:

• Lucien Gubbay (1949): Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), for services to interfaith relations
• Ralph Homer (1954), Volunteer, Eastbourne and District Samaritans: Medal of the Order of the British Empire (BEM), for services to vulnerable people
• John Lazar (1983), Co-Founder, Enza Capital: Knight Bachelor, for services to engineering and technology
• Professor Richard Susskind (1983), Lately Technology Advisor to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to information technology and to the law
• Abigail Appleton (1984), Principal, Hereford College of Arts: Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), for services to further education
• Tamara Finkelstein (Issacs) (1986), Permanent Secretary, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB), for public service
• Miles Celic (1991), Chief Executive, TheCityUK: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), for services to finance and professional services

If you are an Old Member of Balliol who has received an award, please let us know.