Business leaders, a broadcaster and those involved in steering the energy transition are among the individuals named in the King’s Birthday Honours.
Willie Mackie, formerly interim chair at Scottish Enterprise and now chair, CentreStage, Kilmarnock is honoured with a CBE for services to education and the economy.
Sue Dawe managing partner at EY, Maitland Mackie, chairman of the eponymous ice cream maker Mackies of Scotland, and John Grant, chairman of J & G Grant whisky, are rewarded with OBEs.
The honour for Mr Mackie comes in a landmark year as the family-owned business celebrates 40 years of making ice cream.
An OBE has also been bestowed on Dr Rashmi Mantri, the founder and director of the British Youth International College, for services to maths education. She has built a business based on an ancient method of calculation using beads.
Breakfast radio show host George Bowie and Scottish Enterprise manager Jane Martin are among those who become an MBE.
CBE
David Currie, chair, Proserv, for services to International Trade, Energy Transition and Economic Growth; Allison Gardner, chief executive, Glasgow Film; Willie Mackie, formerly interim chair at Scottish Enterprise and now chair, CentreStage, Kilmarnock for services to education and the economy.
OBE
Susan Dawe, Scotland managing partner, EY, for services to financial services; Myrtle Dawes, chief executive, Net Zero Technology Centre, for services to Energy and Technology; John Grant, chair, J & G Grant, for services to the Scotch Whisky industry and to charity; Timothy Hall, head of estates and programmes, Woodland Trust Scotland, chair, Future Woodlands Scotland and trustee, Borders Forest Trust, for services to conservation and to forestry.
Andrew John Jamieson, lately chief executive of Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, for services to the renewable energy industries; June Frances Macgeachy, co-founder, Peak Scientific, for services to business, to education and to philanthropy; Maitland Mackie, chairman, Mackies of Scotland, for services to farming, to business innovation and to sustainability; Dr Rashmi Mantri, founder and chief executive, British Youth International College, for services to mathematics education; Allan Taylor, for services to renewable energy.
MBE
George Bowie, broadcaster and charity campaigner, for services to radio and to charity in Glasgow and the West of Scotland; Jane Martin, managing director innovation and investment, Scottish Enterprise, for services to the Scottish Economy; Charles Stephen Milne, managing director, Regency Group, for services to business and community development in Buckie and Banffshire; Nicholas James Richardson, head of exploration and new ventures, North Sea Transition Authority, for services to energy security and the energy transition; Becky Ruddy, programme director Fuel Cycle Area, NRS Dounreay, for services to women in the nuclear industry.
Medallist
James Fraser, chief executive, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.
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