Michael Oliver, chairman and founder of Oliver Valves,
the Cheshire-based manufacturer of valves used by the world’s biggest energy
companies, has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services
to the valve industry in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Having launched Oliver
Valves in 1979 with a single product – an innovative valve of his own design –
he has grown it in to a group of three businesses with combined profits in
excess of £15 million supplying energy projects right around the globe.
The news follows the
recent selection of Oliver Valvetek– one of three companies in the Oliver
Valves family – for a Queen’s Award for
the most prestigious corporate award that any
As well as being an
outspoken proponent of British manufacturing and engineering, Michael is also
known for his philanthropic work, supporting a wide range of charities locally,
nationally and internationally including the Armed Forces Benevolent Fund,
NSPCC, Wood Street Mission and Variety Club, amongst others.
He has also recently
established the Michael Oliver Foundation, which supports carers living in the
Michael Oliver said: “I
am deeply honoured to be recognised in this way by the Queen and I would like
to thank all of the hard-working employees at Oliver Valves as well as my
family, without whose dedication and support this success would not have been
possible.”