Twenty-one council workers had their work formally recognised in the New Year Honours’ List.
Three directors of service were made CBEs – one step down from a knighthood – 13 were made OBEs and five, MBEs.
Hampshire CC’s director of children’s services, John Coughlan (pictured), was among those made a CBE.
He said: ‘This is a an honour and a tribute to children's services as a whole. I especially want to thank my family, my colleagues, and the elected members in Hampshire. Without all their backing, this would not have been possible.’
CBEs
John Coughlan, director of children’s services, Hampshire CC; Lucy de Groot, executive director, Improvement and Development Agency; John Freeman, director, children’s services, Dudley MBC; Charles Hendry, QFSM, chief fire officer, Kent Fire and Rescue; Richard McCarthy, director-general of housing and planning, Department for Communities and Local Government; David Parsons, leader, Leicester City Council; David Prince, formerly chief executive, Standards Board for England; and Samuel Younger, formerly chair, Electoral Commission
OBEs
Martyn Murray Baker, formerly director of economic development, City of London Corporation; Keith Barwell, formerly chair, West Northamptonshire Development Corporation; Gillian Beasley, chief executive, Peterborough City Council; Meral Ece, Islington LBC; Robert Froud, service head, cultural services, Somerset CC; Kathleen Gooding, formerly senior early years inspector, Wolverhampton MBC; Pauline Halliday, for services to local government in the City of London; Marianne Hood, chair, Independent Advisory Beacon Panel; Ann Marie John, member, Brent LBC; Susan Jones, head of public libraries children’s services, Hertfordshire CC; Jacqui Kennedy, director of regulatory services, Birmingham City Council; Terence Neville, JP, cabinet member, Enfield LBC; Joanne Roney, chief executive, Wakefield City Council; Trevor Salmon, city treasurer, Belfast City Council; Susan Smith, formerly chair, Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales; Nicholas Stanton, leader, London Borough of Southwark; Alexander Stephen, chief executive, Dundee City Council; and Bernard Whittie, member, Lancashire CC.
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