Among the other people recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours is Dr Beverly Lindsay, the chair of the Association of Jamaican Nationals UK, who is being made a Dame.
She is being recognised for services to the West Midlands and to charity.
Lindsay came to Birmingham from Jamaica to complete her secondary education and worked in nursing, midwifery and the community before setting up her own travel business.
She has always championed the Afro Caribbean community, becoming the first Afro Caribbean woman president of Birmingham Rotary Club.
Lindsay received an OBE in 2011 and became a Deputy Lieutenant in 2013 and served ten years, the last three of which she was Vice Lord Lieutenant.
Meanwhile, Professor Monder Ram, also a Deputy Lieutenant, has been made a CBE for services to ethnic minority business and entrepreneurship.
As founder and director at the Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME) at Aston University, his work has shaped the field over the past three decades, resulting in several social science inspired initiatives that have benefited diverse and overlooked communities.
Several foster carers across the region have also been honoured for their work.
They include Mandy Blair and Colin Blair from Birmingham who have received OBE awards.
Tahira Ali, a foster carer for Birmingham Children’s Trust’s Fostering Agency, and Satbinder Bains, a foster carer for City of Wolverhampton Council, have both been made MBEs.
