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A World Health Organization (WHO) special envoy and a former ITN presenter will receive honors at Buckingham Palace on Friday. David Nabarro will be knighted for his outstanding contribution to global health. And John Suchet is set to become an OBE for services to journalism and charity.
Nabarro worked at the United Nations for 17 years, expanding nutrition programs to underdeveloped countries and tackling health crises, including outbreaks of malaria, bird flu and Ebola, before leaving in 2017.
He was awarded the World Food Prize in 2018 by the United States Department of Agriculture for helping to reduce the number of children affected by malnutrition worldwide by 10 million between 2012 and 2017.
He was appointed as the WHO special envoy for Covid-19 in 2020 and appeared regularly on news shows during the pandemic, telling Sky News in June 2021 that humanity would have to learn to "coexist" with Covid-19. . .
Mr. Suchet was a presenter on ITN from 1987 until his retirement in 2004.
In 2010, he joined Classic FM programming as the new host of their Sunday afternoon show. Last year, he stopped hosting a regular weekday show after 12 years.
Mr. Suchet wrote a book, My Bonnie, after his wife was diagnosed with dementia.
Kim Little, captain of the Arsenal women's soccer team and a Scottish international, will be made an MBE for her services to soccer.
She played in the women's soccer team for Team Great Britain at the London and Tokyo Olympics and won the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award in 2016.
Celebrity stylist Sam McKnight, who has worked with Princess Diana, Kate Moss, Jodie Comer and Bella Hadid, will be named an MBE for services to fashion and beauty.
Gaz Choudhry, wheelchair basketball player for the British team; Chi-chi Nwanoku, the founder of the first professional orchestra in Europe composed of a majority of black and ethnic minority musicians; and Ruth and David Southgate, who have dedicated more than 50 years to volunteer work, will also be honored at the palace on Friday.
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