OpenUK’s New Year’s Honours Lists
The 2026 OpenUK Honours List will be shared at midnight on the 31st of December. This is the 6th annual OpenUK New Year Honours list, celebrating some of the individuals supporting the UK’s leadership in Open Technology.
| Abby Bangsor | Founding Principal Engineer | Syntasso | Open Source Software |
| Alex Chircop | Chief Architect | Akami | Open Source Software |
| Andrew Duddfield | Head of AI | Full Fact | AI Openness |
| Andrew Josey | VP Standards and Certification | The Open Group | Open Standards |
| Andrew Pugh | LinuxCNC | Development Engineer | Open Source Software |
| Andrey Breslav | Founder | Codespeak | AI Openness |
| Anil Madhavapeddy | Professor of Planetary Computing | University of Cambridge | Open Source Software |
| Anton Lokhmotov | Founding Member | MLCommons | AI Openness |
| Antony Hallam | IT Systems | Flexitricity | Open Source Software |
| Benjamin Nickolls | Strategic Director | Open Source Collective | Open Source Software |
| Benjie Gillam | Director | Graphile | Open Source Software |
| Bethany Griggs | Senior Software Engineer | RedHat | Open Source Software |
| Brian Bishop | President | Open Connectivity Foundation | Open Standards |
| Bryan Boreham | Distinguished Engineer | Grafana Labs | Open Source Software |
| Cheuk Ting Ho | Developer Advocate | JetBrains | Open Source Software |
| Chris Ashton | Senior Developer | GDS | Open Source Software |
| Chris Lloyd-Jones | VP AI Consulting | Kyndryl | Community |
| Chris Plank | Lead Enterprise Architect | Natwest | Open Source Software |
| Craig Wylie | Lab Product Owner | Lloyds | Community |
| Daniele Procida | Director of Engineering | Canonical | Open Source Software |
| David Clubb | Head of Climate Action | Cardiff University | Community |
| David Hewitt | Staff Software Engineer | Pydantic | Open Source Software |
| David Soria Parra | Member of Technical Staff | Anthropic | AI Openness |
| David Chisnall | Director of Systems Architecture | SCI Semiconductor | Open Source Software |
| DeanSummers | Founder, Director of Engineering | Lampata | Open Source Software |
| Denise McKenzie | Managing Partner | PLACE Trust | Open Data |
| Dimitra Simeondieou OBE | Director, Smart Internet Lab | University of Bristol | Open Source Software |
| Don Syme | Principal Researcher and Visiting Professor | GitHub and Kings | AI Openness |
| Dr Laura Gilbert CBE | Head of AI | Tony Blair Institute for Global Change | AI Openness |
| Edith Puclla | Technology Evangilist | Percona | Open Source Software |
| EgorTolstoy | VP Product | JetBrains | AI Openness |
| Fintan Ryan | Director, Competitive Insights | GitHub | Community |
| GarethKinghorn | Network Engineer | NScale | Open Source Software |
| Gary Ewan Park | Principal Software Engineer | Chocolatey Software | Open Source Software |
| Gavin Henry | Founder | Ant Networks Ltd | Open Source Software |
| Godfrey Inyama | PhD Researcher | Heriot-Watt University | AI Openness |
| Graham Campbell | Founder | Graham Campbell Technology Ltd | Open Source Software |
| Grant Likely | CTO | Linaro | Open Source Software |
| GuillaumeLebedel | Founder and CTO | StackOne | AI Openness |
| Guy Podjarny | Founder and CEO | Tessl | AI Openness |
| Hannah Wolfe | CTO and Co-Founder | Ghost Foundation | Open Source Software |
| IainSmart | Principal Consultant | Amberwolf | Open Source Software |
| Iain G Mitchell KC | King’s Council | Tanfield Chambers | Governance |
| Jakub Karolczyk | Senior Software Engineer | SignalWire | AI Openness |
| James Hirst | COO and Co-Founder | Tyk | Open Source Software |
| JamesSmith | Creator and Maintainer | Manyfold | Open Source Software |
| Jan Frackick | Lead Software Engineer | Kainos | Open Source Software |
| JavierOrensanz Martinez | CEO | lowRISC | Open Hardware |
| JennyBrooker | Head of Data Architecture | GDS | Open Data |
| Jim Halfpenny | Managin Director | Stackable | Open Source Software |
| Joe Salisbury | VP Engineering | Giant Swarm | Open Source Software |
| Joe Birr-Pixton | Director | Synecdoche Consultin | Open Source Software |
| Jonny Williams | Chief Digital Adviser, UK Public Sector | RedHat | AI Openness |
| Joseph Seddon | Engineering Manager | Wikimedia Foundation | Open Source Software |
| Josh Mesout | Chief Innovation Officer | Civo | Open Source Software |
| Justin Spahr-Summers | Director | Fern Games | AI Openness |
| Konstantin Vinogradov | General Partner | Runa Capital | Open Source Software |
| Kris Chaplin | Open Source software lead | AMD | Open Source Software |
| Luke Marsden | Founder and CEO | HelixML | AI Openness |
| Maria Lema | CEO | Weaverlabs | Open Source Software |
| Maria Skampoura | Founder and CEO | Developable | Open Source Software |
| Marko Bevc | Principal Consultant | The Scale Factory | Open Source Software |
| Martin Costello | Staff Engineer | Grafana Labs | Open Source Software |
| Martin Yagi | Intellectual Property manager | First light Fusion | Governance |
| Matt Jukes | Interim Head of Product | Ministry of Housing | Open Source Software |
| Mike Bursell | Executive Director | Confidential Computing Consortium | Open Source Software |
| Monica Sasso | Global Financial Serivces | RedHat | Open Source Software |
| Neil Lawrence | Google Deep Mind Professor of ML, Universtity of Cambridge | University of Cambridge | AI Openness |
| Nick Lockwood | Software Engineer | Bloomberg | Open Source Software |
| Nicki Watt | CTO | Trifork UK | Open Source Software |
| Nicolas Vibert | Senior Staff Technical Marketing Engineer | Isovalent | Open Source Software |
| Nicolas Hourcard | Co-Founder | QuestDB | Open Source Software |
| Nikita Koselev | Lead Software Development Engineer | Mastercard | Open Source Software |
| Oliver Cronk | Technology Director | Scott Logic | Open Source Software |
| Rafah El-Khatib | Nvidia | AI DevRel | AI Openness |
| Rahul Krishnan RA | Barclays Bank UK PLC | AVP, Platform Engineering | Open Source Software |
| Rebecca Flack | Data Sharing Engineer | UK Power Networks | Open Data |
| Rebecca Franks | Senior Android Developer Relations Manager | Open Source Software | |
| Richard Evans | Country Manager | WSO2 | Open Source Software |
| Rohit Ghumare | Head of DevRel | motia.dev | Community |
| Ross Burton | Principal Software Engineer | Arm | Open Source Software |
| Ryan Dawson | Principal Data Consultant | Thoughtworks | Open Data |
| Sal Kimmich | Technical Director | Gadfly.ai | AI Openness |
| Simon Maple | Head of DevRel | Tessl | AI Openness |
| Thomas Sadler | Senior Principal Sofware Engineer | BBC | Open Source Software |
| Tim Telford | CEO | DevTank | Open Hardware |
| Tom Longhurst | Senior Software Engineer | JustEat | Open Source Software |
| Tom Wilkinson | Chief Data Officer | Scottish Government | Open Data |
| Yiu-Shing Pang | Data Sharing Manager | UK Power Networks | Open Data |
