Financier Sir Jim Ratcliffe who with business partner Robin Hutson created Lime Wood and Home Grown Hotels, owners of the Pig brand, has received a knighthood after being named in The 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
MBE Ian PayneSir Jim Ratcliffe is CEO and Chairman of chemical company Ineos, an industrial giant employing 18,500 people worldwide with turnover of $44bn a year. On 13 May 2018 he was named by The Sunday Times as the richest person in the UK, with a net worth of £21bn.
The 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours List included 1,057 people in total with recipients from the hospitality and catering industry including…
- MBE – Punjab Kitchen’s Mohammed Ishaq
- MBE – Northern Ireland Chef Paula McIntyre
- MBE – Stonegate pub company Chairman, Ian Payne
- OBE – Norman Springford, former chairman of Apex Hotels
- OBE – William McCurrach, head of food, City of Glasgow College
- OBE – Restauranteur Arjun Waney
“God bless the Great British Pub”
On receiving the news of being honoured with an MBE Ian Payne said:
“I am deeply honoured to receive a MBE from Her Majesty the Queen. I thank the many thousands of talented people who have helped me build a successful career in the trade that I love. God bless the Great British Pub.”