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Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021: Eight AstraZeneca staff honoured for work during Covid-19 pandemic




Eight AstraZeneca employees have been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for 2021, reflecting their work in the fight against Covid-19.

They are recognised for their outstanding achievements in UK life sciences, manufacturing and supporting the UK and global response to the current pandemic, which has, of course, included the production of the most widely-used Covid-19 vaccine in the country.

The eight are:

Richard Marshall, senior vice president and global head of late respiratory and immunology - made CBE

Richard Marshall
Richard Marshall

Juliette White, vice president, global sustainability - made CBE

Juliette White
Juliette White

David Hunt, head of vaccine operations - made CBE

David Hunt
David Hunt

Mark Proctor, senior director, global supply chain - made CBE

Mark Proctor
Mark Proctor

Steve Rees, vice president, discovery biology - made OBE

Astrazeneca staff mentioned in the Queen's Birthday Hounours list 2021 , Steve Rees, OBE. (48104803)
Astrazeneca staff mentioned in the Queen's Birthday Hounours list 2021 , Steve Rees, OBE. (48104803)

Amanda Leach, global clinical head, medicines discovery - made OBE

Amanda Leach
Amanda Leach

Richard Turner, senior director, biopharmaceutical development - made OBE

Richard Turner
Richard Turner

Jon Elliott, director, government affairs and policy - made MBE

Jon Elliott
Jon Elliott

Sir Mene Pangalos, AstraZeneca executive vice-president, biopharmaceuticals R&D, said: “I’m delighted that eight of my colleagues have been awarded these special honours by Her Majesty. Equally, I’m incredibly proud of all 81,000-plus AstraZeneca employees globally for the role they have played in responding to this pandemic.

“Many have worked around the clock in the past 12 months and have put their lives on hold to commit to a bigger humanitarian cause, positively impacting the lives of hundreds of millions of people across the globe.”

The honours represent achievements in:

  • Early pandemic response to support AstraZeneca’s 8,300-plus employees in the UK to ensure business continuity and uninterrupted supply of medicines to patients across the world.
  • Research, development and regulatory preparedness to ensure continued access and supply of AstraZeneca medicines throughout the pandemic and after the UK left the EU.
  • Working with partners to develop and build the national test centre in Cambridge to analyse over 100,000 samples each week for the national testing programme.

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