From our Alumni

The Queen's Birthday Honours

Five Queens’ alumni have been recognised in The Queen’s Birthday Honours, in addition to the OBE
for Fellow Professor Julia Gog (read more in College Highlights). Congratulations to:

• Joanna Crellin (1995): CMG in the Order of St Michael and St George (Diplomatic Service) for services to trade and investment. Joanna is H. M. Trade Commissioner for Latin America & Caribbean and Consul-General in São Paulo, Brazil.
• Professor Yadvinder Malhi FRS (1987):
  CBE for services to Ecosystem Science.
  Yadvinder is Professor of Ecosystem Science
  at Oxford, researching the interactions
  between forest ecosystems and the global
  atmosphere, and looking to understand how
  natural ecosystems may be responding to
  global atmospheric change.
• Professor Mark Wilson (1995): OBE for services to Charity and the COVID-19 response. Mark is co-founder and Director of GoodSAM, a platform using smartphone technology to assist people calling 999 by providing further information, such as location and camera access. This platform has been powering the NHS COVID-19 Volunteer Responder scheme.
• Mark Enzer (MBA, 2003): OBE for services to the National Infrastructure. Mark is chair of the Digital Framework Task Group, advising the Treasury how data, AI and machine learning can help us predict and meet the UK’s construction needs.
• Mike Biggar (1968): MBE for services to Charity and the NHS during the COVID-19 response. Inspired by Colonel Tom Moore, Mike, who has been reliant on a wheelchair for the last ten years, challenged himself to take 500 steps in a month to raise money for NHS Charities. Mike came up to Queens’ in 1968 to read Law, won a Blue for rugby and later captained Scotland, for whom he was capped 24 times. He was severely injured in a car accident in 1992 and has suffered recent, additional health setbacks. He raised an astonishing £76,000 from more than 2,000 supporters, including many Queens’ alumni.

Alumni Highlights

We are delighted that Robin Millar CBE (1970) has been appointed Chair Designate of the disability charity Scope. Robin has the progressive condition Retinitis Pigmentosa and was registered blind at 16 years old. He read Law at Queens’ and is an internationally renowned British music producer. Robin recently gave an inspiring talk to the MCR on
the topic ‘Risk is a dirty word.’

Congratulations to Professor Daniel Karlin (1971) who has been elected Fellow of the British Academy. Daniel read for a BA, Master’s and PhD in English at Queens’ and is Winterstoke Professor of English Literature at the University of Bristol.

Dr Paul Ellison (1978) has been appointed 36th President of the Association of Anglican Musicians, a group of almost 1,000 church organists based in the United States. He recently became co-editor of the Beethoven Newsletter and teaches musicology at San
José State University in California.

Many congratulations to Richard Tilbrook (1980) who has been announced as Appointments Secretary for Diocesan Bishop and Crown Deanery appointments.

James King (2010) has been raising money for the NHS, keeping spirits up and providing much-needed income for freelance musicians with a new initiative, Personalised Music Messages.

Girish Shivakumar (MPhil, 2015) has been running a podcast on clean technology, covering stories on the global transition to a zero carbon economy.