John Hayes, founder of the Axis Foundation, received an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours list in June for charitable services

On receiving the news of his MBE, John Hayes said: “I accept the award as recognition of our team of Axis people, our trustees and patron and our generous guests at our annual fundraising charity ball and golf day.

“They have done so much to support the Foundation over the past 16 years. I thank everyone for playing such a key role in the Axis Foundation and am truly humbled by your support.”

John Hayes created the Axis Foundation in 2009 “to formalise and capture all the elements of giving that we were already doing across the company, Axis Europe”. Since then, the Foundation has supported 360+ small, local and impactful causes with donations totalling £3m.