‘Postnominals’ refers to the letters that follow a person’s name to indicate any honours or awards they have received.
If including a list of honours and awards after a name, list the honours and awards with the most important first; do not use a comma after the name or between the postnominals:
Ms Andrea Smith AC MBE
If academic qualifications are also listed after the person’s name, put these before the honours and awards:
Ms Andrea Smith BA(Hons) AC MBE
Abbreviations for membership of parliament are shown after other postnominals:
Ms Andrea Smith BA(Hons) AC MBE MP
