2003 Birthday Honours

United Kingdom

[Knight Bachelor]

• Kenneth Hugo Adam, O.B.E. For services to film production design and to UK-German relations.
• Martyn Arbib, D.L. For services to Charities, especially Education.
• Professor John Hamilton Baker, Q.C., Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge. For services to English Legal History.
• Professor Patrick Bateson, F.R.S., Professor of Ethology, University of Cambridge. For services to Science.
• Professor Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya, C.B.E., Director, Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick. For services to Higher Education and Industry.
• Ian Warwick Blair, Q.P.M., Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police.
• Kenneth Darlingston Collins, Chairman, Scottish Environment Protection Agency. For services to Environmental Protection.
• Andrew Duncan Crockett, lately Chairman, Financial Stability Forum and General Manager, Bank for International Settlements. For services to International Finance.
• Michael John Austin Cummins, Serjeant-At-Arms, House of Commons.
• Professor Richard Henry Friend, F.R.S., Cavendish Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge. For services to Physics.
• John Christopher Gains, Group Chief Executive, John Mowlem & Co. plc. For services to the Construction Industry.
• Arthur Benjamin Norman Gill, C.B.E., President, National Farmers’ Union. For services to Agriculture, Conservation and the Community.
• Michael Stewart Hodgkinson, Group Chief Executive, BAA plc. For services to the Air Travel Industry.
• John Anthony Holland, Chairman, Parades Commission for Northern Ireland.
• Dr Alistair Allan Horne, C.B.E., Historian. For services to UK-French relations.
• Peter Lampl, O.B.E., Chairman, Sutton Trust. For services to Higher Education.
• Francis Henry MacKay, Chairman, Compass Group. For services to the Hospitality Industry and Charity.
• Robin Robert William Miller, lately Chief Executive, EMAP. For services to Publishing and Broadcasting.
• William Morris, General Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union. For services to Trade Unions.
• Charles Kenneth Roylance Nunneley, lately Chairman, National Trust. For services to Heritage.
• Christopher John O’Donnell, Chief Executive, Smith & Nephew plc. For services to the Medical Devices Industry Worldwide.
• Dr John Oldham, O.B.E. For services to the NHS.
• Christopher Ondaatje, C.B.E., Philanthropist and Benefactor. For charitable services to Museums, Galleries and Societies.
• John Reginald Rowling, Headteacher, Nunthorpe School, Middlesbrough. For services to Education.
• Dr Kenneth Robinson, Academic writer and speaker. For services to art.
• Professor Edwin Mellor Southern, F.R.S., Whitley Professor of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. For services to the Development of DNA Microarray Technologies.
• William George Taylor, Leader, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. For services to Local Government.
• Professor John Graham Temple. For services to Medicine and Medical Education.
• John Tusa, Managing Director, Barbican Centre. For services to the Arts.

  [Order of the Bath]

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)

• Brian Geoffrey Bender, C.B., Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
• Richard John Broadbent, Chairman, H.M. Customs and Excise.
• Admiral Ian Andrew Forbes, C.B.E.

  Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

• Rear Admiral Alexander Kirkwood Backus, O.B.E.
• Rear Admiral Jonathon Reeve.
• Air Vice-Marshal Phillip Wycliffe Roser, M.B.E., Royal Air Force.
• Air Vice-Marshal Andrew George Buchanan Vallance, O.B.E., Royal Air Force.

• Catherine Elisabeth Dorcas, Mrs Bell, Director General, Services Group, Department of Trade and Industry.
• Terrance Dennis Byrne, Director General, Law Enforcement, H.M. Customs and Excise.
• George Cubie, Clerk of Committees, House of Commons.
• John Michael Dowdall. For public service.
• John Gant, Director of Finance, Inland Revenue.
• Roy Jason Griffins, Director, Aviation Directorate, Department for Transport.
• Stephen Geoffrey Hewitt, Business Design Director, Department for Work and Pensions.
• Gordon Hextall, Chief Operating Officer, Programme and Systems Delivery, Department for Work and Pensions.
• Christopher Stephen Kerse, Second Counsel to the Chairman of Committees and Legal Adviser to the European Union Committee, House of Lords.
• John MacDonald Lyon, lately Director General, Policing and Crime Reduction Group, Home Office.
• Hugh Finlay MacDiarmid, Solicitor to the Advocate General for Scotland.
• Clive Murray Norris, Director, Fire, Health and Safety Directorate, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
• Stephen Wentworth, Fisheries Director, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

  [Order of St Michael and St George]

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)

• Sir John Robertson Young, K.C.M.G., British High Commissioner, New Delhi.

  Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

• John Frederick Mogg, lately Director-General Internal Markets and Financial Services, European Commission.
• Peter John Westmacott, C.M.G., L.V.O., H.M. Ambassador, Ankara.

  Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

• Richard Harding Alford, O.B.E., Director Italy, British Council.
• Andrew Robert Fowell Buxton. For services to UK trade.
• Judge Ian Burns Campbell, lately Deputy High Representative for Legal Affairs, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Bruce Harry Dinwiddy, Governor, Cayman Islands.
• Dr Carol Dow, Chief Medical Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Edward Charles Glover, M.V.O., lately British High Commissioner, Georgetown.
• Air Vice-Marshal Hubert Desmond Hall, C.B., C.B.E., A.F.C. For services to UK-Australia relations.
• Nigel Norman Inkster, Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Michael Kirkwood, Chairman, American Financial Services Association. For services to the City and to the US Financial Community in the UK.
• Brigadier Graeme Cameron Maxwell Lamb, O.B.E., late The Queen's Own Highlanders.
• Professor Michael Lipton, Founding Director, Poverty Research Unit, University of Sussex. For services to International Development.
• John MacCalman Little, C.B.E., lately member of the UK delegation to the European Economic and Social Committee and President of its Employers Group.
• Dr Rosalind Mary Marsden, Director Asia-Pacific, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• John Michael Scott, lately Head, Rural Livelihoods Department, Department for International Development.
• Percival Edward Tarling, Deputy Director-General, General Secretariat, Council of the European Union.

  [Royal Victorian Order]

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

• Timothy Gerald Martin Brooks, formerly Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire.
• Brigadier Miles Garth Hunt-Davis, C.V.O., C.B.E., Private Secretary to The Duke of Edinburgh.
• Dr Richard Paul Hepworth Thompson, Head of The Queen's Medical Household and Physician to The Queen.

  Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

• The Honourable Ronald Joseph Arculli, O.B.E., Chairman, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, International Association.
• Major Nicholas Michael Lancelot Barne, L.V.O., Comptroller, Equerry and Private Secretary to The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
• Martin Charles Brian Bonsey, L.V.O., formerly Official Secretary, Government House, Canberra.
• Dr Andrew Louis Hamilton Gailey, House Master, Eton College.
• Sir Peter Harold Reginald Marshall, K.C.M.G., formerly Chairman, Joint Commonwealth Societies’ Council.
• Mary, Lady Carew Pole, L.V.O., Lady in Waiting to The Princess Royal.
• Kenneth Robert Williams, Q.P.M. For services to the Norfolk Constabulary.

  Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

• Helen Andrea Louise, Mrs Cross, M.V.O., Secretary to the Private Secretary to The Queen.
• Richard Francis Dobb, Secretary, Corporation of Trinity House.
• Roger Martin Eldridge, Managing Director, Camera Press Limited.
• Colonel David Valentine Fanshawe, O.B.E., Lieutenant, Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.
• Miss Charlotte Elizabeth Manley, O.B.E., Private Secretary and Treasurer to The Duke of York.
• Jonathan Mark Marsden, Deputy Surveyor of The Queen's Works of Art.
• Terence John Regan. For services to The Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
• John Garrett Speirs, C.B.E., formerly Chairman, UK Faculty, The Prince of Wales's Business and the Environment Programme.
• Colin David Tweedy, O.B.E., Chief Executive, Arts and Business.

  Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

• Kenneth John Appleby, Senior Property Officer, St James's Palace.
• Nigel Marcus Baker, formerly Assistant Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales.
• Stephen Harvey Caldwell, formerly Senior Property Officer, Windsor Castle.
• Major Munro Davidson, M.B.E., B.E.M., Superintendent, Windsor Castle.
• Gillian Mary, Mrs Frampton, Nursing Sister, Windsor Castle.
• David Moffat, formerly Director of Private Clients, Aon Limited.
• Jeremy George Pontin, formerly Land Steward, Isles of Scilly, Duchy of Cornwall.
• Richard Anthony Skinner, formerly Director of Bentley and Skinner.
• Malcolm Richard Slater, Sales Manager, Bentley Mulliner.
• Warrant Officer Class 1 Brian Howard Michael Smith, M.B.E., M.S.M., Superintending Clerk, Household Division.
• Frederick George Stickler, Chief Forestry Officer, Crown Estate.
• Caroline Francesca, Mrs Todhunter, formerly Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Representative, Queen Mary's Clothing Guild.

  [Royal Victorian Medal]

Royal Victorian Medal (Gold)

• Anthony Vernon Parnell, R.V.M., Foreman, Sandringham House.
• Ashley John Sadler, R.V.M., Mechanic, Sandringham Estate.

  Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

• Robert John Pine, R.V.M., Pastry Sous Chef, Royal Household.

  Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

• Michael Norman Back, Assistant Manager, Public Enterprises, Sandringham Estate.
• Constable Charles Clement Collings, Royalty and Diplomatic Protection, Metropolitan Police.
• Stephen Allan Grassick, Joiner, Balmoral Estate.
• Constable Ronald James Hayward, Royalty and Diplomatic Protection, Metropolitan Police.
• Christopher David Hillyard, Special Vehicles Manager, Alstom Transport.
• Frederick Arthur Ind, Estate Worker, Highgrove Estate.
• Raymond Frederick Keates, Painter and Decorator, Crown Estate, Windsor.
• Mark Geoffrey Lisk, Gardener, Sunninghill Park.
• Charles George Lockyer, Telephone Engineer, Royal Household.
• John Henry Melton, Tractor Driver, Sandringham Country Park.
• Colin Missenden, formerly Divisional Sergeant Major, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
• Keith Thomas Parker, Warden, Windsor Castle.
• Ivor Benjamin Reeves, Part-time Security Officer, Eton College.
• Roy John Reeves, Gardener, Crown Estate, Windsor.
• Arthur Malcolm Smith, Chef de Partie, Royal Household.
• Wayne Laurence Sutton, Chauffeur to the Governor of Tasmania.
• Constable Russell Wood, Royalty and Diplomatic Protection, Metropolitan Police.

  [Order of the Companions of Honour] (CH)

• David Hugh Alexander, Baron Hannay of Chiswick, G.C.M.G., lately UK Special Representative for Cyprus.
• Sir Charles Mackerras, C.B.E., Composer and Conductor. For services to Music.
• Professor Dan Peter McKenzie, F.R.S., Royal Society Research Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge. For services to Science.

  [Order of the British Empire]

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

• Miss Elizabeth Violet Blackadder, O.B.E., Painter. For services to the Visual Arts.
• Ms Yvonne Helen Elaine Buckland, Chair, Health Development Agency. For services to Public Health.
• Ms Pamela Sarah Coward, Headteacher, Middleton Technology College, Rochdale. For services to Education.
• Dr Jane Goodall, C.B.E. For services to the environment and conservation.
• Ms Helen Mirren, Actress. For services to Drama.
• Professor Julia Margaret Polak, Head, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Imperial College, London. For services to Medicine.
• Miss Ruth Laura Robins, Headteacher, JFS School, Brent, London. For services to Education.
• Anita Lucia, Mrs Roddick, O.B.E., Founder of The Body Shop. For services to Retailing, the Environment and Charity.

  Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

• Lieutenant General Cedric Norman George Delves, C.B.E., D.S.O., late The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.
• Roger George Moore, C.B.E. For charitable services, especially to UNICEF and Kiwanis International.
• The Honourable Michael Aidan Pakenham, C.M.G., H.M. Ambassador, Warsaw.

  Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

• Commodore Peter John Lannin. Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
• Commodore Julian Llewelyn Williams. Royal Navy.
• Air Commodore Kevin James Leeson. Royal Air Force.
• Air Commodore Nigel Richard Wood. Royal Air Force.
• Brigadier Tweedie McGarth Brown, OBE. Late Corps of Royal Engineers.
• Brigadier Shaun Philip Cowlam, MBE. Late The Royal Logistic Corps.
• Brigadier Andrew Peter Farquhar, MBE. Late The Green Howards.
• Colonel Simon Leslie Porter. Late The Royal Anglian Regiment.
• Colonel Ian Robert Sinclair. Late Royal Regiment of Artillery.
• Major-General Graham Gerald Messervy-Whiting, MBE. Late Intelligence Corps.

• Christopher Nigel Banks. Chair, Learning and Skills Council's Young People's Learning Committee and Chair, London Employers' Coalition. For services to Young People and the Unemployed.
• John Bartle. For services to Advertising, Charity and Education.
• Simon Russell Beale, Actor. For services to Drama.
• Edward Geoffrey Beardsall, Director, Business Development and Deputy chief executive, HM Land Registry, Lord Chancellor's Department.
• Robert Beckham, Director, Intellectual Property Rights, Defence Procurement Agency, Ministry of Defence.
• Marcus de la Poer Beresford, Lately Chief Executive, GKN plc. For services to the Engineering Industry Worldwide.
• Ms Christina Ann Bienkowska, Divisional Manager, Strategy and Performance Division, Department for Education and Skills.
• Mrs Margaret Janet Bloom, Director, Competition Enforcement, Office of Fair Trading.
• Dr Ian Gibb Bogle, Chair of Council, British Medical Association. For services to Medicine.
• Derek Arnold Boothman, Non-Executive Director, Remploy. For services to Disabled People and to the Accounting Profession.
• Christopher Paul Brearley, Director, Methodology and Information, Social Services Inspectorate, Department of Health.
• Mrs Mary Teresa Breslin, Lately Managing Partner, Total Engineering. For services to Business and to the community in Londonderry.
• Richard David Briers, OBE, Actor. For services to Drama.
• Alan Britten. Lately Chair, English Tourism Council.
• Andrew Gibson Brown, QPM, Chief Constable, Grampian Police. For services to the Police.
• James Thomas Brown, Head, Public Health Division, Health Department, Scottish Executive.
• George Brumwell, General Secretary, Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians and Member, Health and Safety Commission. For services to the Construction Industry.
• Thomas William Cain, QC. Lately First Deemster, For services to the Administration of Justice in the Isle of Man.
• Andrew Robertson Campbell, OBE, JP, DL, Convenor, Dumfries and Galloway Council. For services to Local Government and to Agriculture.
• Miss Susan Catherine Campbell, MBE, Chief Executive, Youth Sports Trust. For services to Sport.
• Mrs Anthea Fiendley Case,. Director, National Heritage Memorial Fund. For services to Heritage.
• Alan Herbert Cherry, MBE, DL, Chairman, Countryside Properties plc and Greenwich Millennium Village Ltd. For services to Urban Regeneration and the Housebuilding Industry.
• Commander David Julian Childs, Founder, National Memorial Arboretum.
• Richard John Clayton, Assistant Legal Adviser, Home Office.
• William Connolly, Actor and Comedian. For services to Entertainment.
• Anthony Cooper, Headteacher, Aldercar Community College, Derbyshire. For services to Education.
• Professor Joseph Mordaunt Crook. For services to Architectural History.
• James Roderick Alexander Cumming, Chief Executive, Highlands and Islands Enterprise. For services to Economic Development.
• Ms Monica Darnbrough, Director, Bioscience Unit, Department of Trade and Industry.
• Ian Frederic Hay Davison. For charitable services, especially to the Arts.
• Mike Deegan, Chief Executive, Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.
• Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive, National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
• Mrs Elizabeth Eccles, Head of Resource Allocation, Department of Health.
• David Albert Edmonds, Director General of Telecommunications, OFTEL.
• Professor Kay-Tee Khaw-Fawcett, Professor of Clinical Gerontology, University of Cambridge. For services to Medicine.
• Iain George Thomas Ferguson, Chief Executive, Tate and Lyle plc. For services to the Food Industry.
• Simon Joseph Fraser, Founder Chairman, Fibrowatt Ltd. For services to the Renewable Energy Industry.
• Mrs Adrienne Sheila Fresko, Deputy Chair, Audit Commission. For services to Local Government and to the Health Service.
• William Leslie Gardner, Lately Chief Veterinary Officer, Scotland, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
• Mrs Helen Mary Gilchrist, Principal, Bury College. For services to Further Education.
• Alan Raymond Gillespie. For services to the Northern Ireland Economy and the Commonwealth Development Corporation.
• David Jon Gilmour, Songwriter, Guitarist and Singer. For services to Music.
• Charles Philip Graf, Lately Chief Executive, Trinity Mirror. For services to Regional Newspapers.
• Alan Thomas Grieve, Chairman, Jerwood Foundation. For services to the Arts.
• Eric Hagman, Chairman, Audit Committee, Scottish Enterprise. For services to Economic Development.
• Peter Hampson, QPM, Chief Constable, West Mercia Police. For services to the Police.
• William George Hastings, OBE, Chairman, Hastings Hotels Group. For services to the Northern Ireland Economy and the Hotel Sector.
• David Peter Hemery, MBE, Lately President UK Athletics. For services to Athletics.
• Pierre Francois Horsfall, OBE. For services to the community on Jersey.
• Howell Meirion Harris Hughes, Secretary to the Church Commissioners.
• Mrs Sandra Pauline Hunt, Assistant Chief Executive, London Borough of Newham. For services to Urban Regeneration in London.
• George Iacobescu, Chief Executive, Canary Wharf Group. For services to Regeneration and Inward Investment.
• Colin Ray Jackson, OBE, Athlete. For services to Sport.
• Terence Jagger, Director, Defence Evaluation Research Agency Partnering Team, Ministry of Defence.
• Gary Jones. For services to Emergency Nursing.
• Anish Kapoor, Sculptor. For services to the Arts.
• Thomas Joseph Kavanagh, Secretary, Gaming Board for Great Britain.
• Simon John Keenlyside, Opera Singer. For services to Music.
• Dr Mary Paula Jane King Kilbane, Chief Executive, Eastern Health and Social Services Board. For services to Health Care in Northern Ireland.
• Professor Peter Thomas Kirstein. Professor of Computer Systems, University College London. For services to Internetworking Research.
• Miss Christine Knott, Chief Officer, Greater Manchester Probation Area. For services to the Probation Service.
• Professor Hermione Lee, Writer and Academic. For services to Literature.
• Miss Jennifer Lee Leggott, Director of Service Improvement, Planning and Nursing, Nottingham City Hospital. For services to Nursing and Midwifery.
• David Ian Lockwood, North West Area Manager, HM Prison Service, Home Office.
• John Christopher Lowry, Chairman, Standing Dental Advisory Committee. For services to Hospital Dental Surgery.
• Gerald Cyril Manning, OBE, Member, Environment Agency Board. For services to Flood Defence and to the Environment.
• David Arthur Ambler Marshall, Director General, Society of British Aerospace Companies. For services to Defence and Aerospace Industries.
• Professor Gordon Marshall, Lately Chief Executive, Economic and Social Research Council. For services to Economic and Social Research.
• Robert Crawford Martin. For public service.
• Ms Judith McClure, Headteacher, St. George's School for Girls, Edinburgh. For services to Education in Scotland.
• Iain Macleod McMillan, Director, CBI Scotland. For services to Lifelong Learning.
• Deryk Mead, Chief Executive, National Children's Homes. For services to Children.
• Dr Dorothy Carnegie Moir, Director of Public Health, NHS Lanarkshire. For services to Public Health Medicine.
• James William Charles Moir, LVO, Controller, BBC Radio 2. For services to Broadcasting.
• Alfred Cosier Morris, DL, Vice-Chancellor, University of the West of England. For services to Higher Education.
• Elwyn Rhys Moseley, Commissioner, Commission for Local Administration in Wales. For services to Local Government.
• Neil Christopher Munro, Director, Revenue Policy, Inland Revenue.
• Mrs Bushra Khanum Nasir, Headteacher, Plashet School, Newham. For services to Education.
• Professor Linda Partridge, FRS, FRSE, Weldon Professor of Biometry, University College London, and President of the Genetics Society. For services to Evolutionary Biology.
• David Patterson, Founder and Emeritus President, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. For services to Jewish Studies.
• Howard Wesley Petch, OBE, Regional Co-ordinator, Farm Crisis Network, Yorkshire and Humber. For services to Farming and to Rural Communities in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
• Professor Colin Trevor Pillinger, FRS, Professor of Planetary Science, Open University. For services to Higher Education and to Science.
• Professor Robert Pratt, Professor of Nursing and Director, Richard Wells Research Centre. For services to Nurse Education.
• George Richard Profit, OBE, AFC. For services to Aviation Safety.
• Professor Christopher Graham Rapley, Director, British Antarctic Survey. For services to the Environmental Sciences.
• Ian William Reeves. For services to Business and the Tomorrow's People Trust.
• Brian Rigby. Lately Deputy Chief Executive, Office of Government Commerce, HM Treasury.
• Dickon Hugh Wheelwright Robinson, Director, Development and Planning, Peabody Trust. For services to Housing.
• Professor Martin Oliver Roland, Professor of General Practice and director of the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester. For services to Medicine.
• Michael David Sherrard, QC, Director of Advocacy, Middle Temple, London. For services to the Legal Profession.
• Peter Anthony Smith, Lately General Secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers. For services to Education.
• James Alexander Stephenson, Lately Chair, Advantage West Midlands. For services to Economic Regeneration, Partnership Working and Manufacturing in the West Midlands.
• Ian Stopps, Chief Executive, Lockheed Martin UK Ltd. For services to the Defence and Aerospace Industries.
• John Crispian Strachan, QPM, DL, Chief Constable, Northumbria Police. For services to the Police.
• Gordon Matthew Sumner,, Singer and Songwriter. For services to the Music Industry.
• Ms Marion Hooper Tait, OBE, Ballet Mistress, Birmingham Royal Ballet. For services to Dance.
• Miss Sarah Ann Thane, Director of Programmes and Advertising, Independent Television Commission. For services to Broadcasting.
• Miss Yvonne Thompson, Managing Director, ASAP Communications Ltd. For services to Black and Ethnic Minority Business.
• The Rt Rev Anthony Michael Arnold Turnbull, Lately Bishop of Durham and formerly Bishop of Rochester. For services to the Governance of the Church of England and to Regional Affairs.
• Derek Turner, Lately Managing Director, Street Management, Transport for London. For services to Transport in London.
• Professor Gordon Alexander Bryce Waddell. For services to Social Policy and Disability Assessment.
• Ms Anne Margaret Watts, OBE. For services to Diversity.
• Adrian Spencer Vaughan Williams, Headteacher, Bury St. Edmunds County Upper School, Suffolk. For services to Education.
• Robert Barclay Woods, Group Managing Director, P&O Nedlloyd and President, Chamber of Shipping. For services to Shipping.
• Mrs Charmaine Carolyn Young. Regeneration Director, St. George, Berkeley Group. For services to Urban Regeneration.

  Order of the British Empire (OBE)

• Maqsood Ahmed, Muslim Adviser, Home Office.
• Isadora Joye, Mrs. Aiken, D.L., Governor, Sheffield Hallam University. For services to Education and to the community.
• Edgar William Allaway, Vice-President. For services to the Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association, Suffolk Branch.
• Ms Sonita Alleyne, Director, Somethin’ Else Sound Directions Ltd. For services to Broadcasting.
• Roger Townley Alston, Headteacher, William Howard School, Brampton, Cumbria. For services to Education.
• Frederick Joseph Archer, lately Head, Efficiency and Consultancy Group, H.M. Prison Service, Home Office.
• Catherine, Mrs. Baraniak. For services to Primary Care Nursing.
• Dorcas Anne, Mrs. Batstone. For services to Gas and Electricity Customers.
• Professor Robert Thompson Beaty, Chairman, Scottish Enterprise, Renfrewshire. For services to Enterprise.
• David Robert Joseph Beckham. For services to Football.
• Eric Gairdner Bell, Senior Partner, Grant Thornton, Belfast. For services to Commerce and Industry.
• Gordon Bellard. For services to the Promotion of Nuclear Safety in the UK.
• Mohamed Hanef Bhamjee, Founder, Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement. For services to Race Relations, the Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement and the charity and voluntary sector.
• Major John David Blumsom, T.D., Chairman, Hertfordshire Committee. For services to the Army Benevolent Fund.
• Professor Alan Raymond Boobis, lately Deputy Chairman, Advisory Committee on Pesticides. For services to the Risk Assessment of Pesticides.
• Pek Lan, Mrs. Bower, Head, Library and Information Services, Department of Health.
• Professor Dianna Joy Bowles, Weston Chair of Biochemistry, University of York. For services to Plant Sciences.
• Peter Francis Boyle, County Director, BABC—Clubs for Young People. For services to Young People in Buckinghamshire.
• Moira Jean, Mrs. Britton, Chief Executive, Tees and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.
• Stephen Gallagher Britton. Managing Director, Euro/ DPC, Llanberis, North Wales. For services to the Diagnostics Industry.
• David Brook, Head, Planning Policy Branch for Land Stability, Flooding, Pollution Control and the Coastal Zone, OYce of the Deputy Prime Minister.
• Dr. Richard Gordon McBride Budgett, Chief Medical Officer, British Olympic Association. For services to Sport.
• Gordon Byrne, Director, Upper Bann Institute of Further and Higher Education, Banbridge, Co Down. For services to Further Education.
• Miss Linda May Campbell, Chief Executive, United Kingdom Accreditation Service. For services to Accreditation.
• Ian Gillett Carmichael, Actor. For services to Drama.
• Andrew Nicholas Carter, Headteacher, South Farnham Community Junior School, Surrey. For services to Education.
• Nigel Rodney Cartwright, Head of Branch and Principal Emergencies and Security Officer, Water Services, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
• John Lucius Arthur Cary, Chairman, Seed Capital Ltd. For services to Business.
• Nemu Chandaria. For services to the Jain Community.
• Trevor Chandler, Head, Pen Green Early Excellence Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire. For services to Early Years Education.
• Mohammed Akram Khan-Cheema, Consultant to the Association for Muslim Schools. For services to Education.
• Bridget Katherine, Mrs. Cherry. For services to Architectural History.
• David Clark, Senior Business Manager, Law Enforcement and Detection, H.M. Customs and Excise.
• Edward James Clark, Prosecution Investigator, Inland Revenue.
• John Neville Cohen, Head, Americas Section, Invest UK, Department of Trade and Industry.
• Lieutenant Commander Ian Michael Patrick Coombes, R.N., Secretary and Treasurer. For services to the Association of Royal Navy Officers.
• Ms Catherine Corcoran. For services to the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development.
• Dr. Jacqueline Margery Mary Cornish, Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Physician, Bristol. For services to the National Health Service.
• Dr. James Cox, General Medical Practitioner, Cumbria. For services to Medicine.
• John Crossan, Principal, Mount Gilbert Community College, Belfast. For services to Education.
• Dr. Robert Crouch, Consultant Nurse and Senior Lecturer, Emergency Department, Southampton General Hospital. For services to Nursing.
• Ian Roy Cumming, Chief Executive, Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.
• David Innes Dalgetty, Team Leader, Finance and Central Services Department, Scottish Executive.
• Peter William Daniels, Chief Executive, East Renfrewshire Council. For services to Local Government.
• Ms Harriet Lydia Rose Llewellyn-Davies. For services to Housing and the Homeless in London.
• The Reverend Dr. Noel Anthony Davies. For services Ecumenism in Wales.
• Alan George Davis, Associate Partner, IBM Ltd. For services to the Ministry of Defence.
• Raoul Frederick John de Vaux, J.P., Chairman, National Pubwatch. For services to the Licensed Trade.
• William Anthony Doran, Managing Director, Construction Employers’ Federation. For services to Planning.
• Tan Draig, Programme Manager, Q Arts. For services to Art.
• Professor Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, Poet. For services to Literature.
• Philip Dykins, Head of Branch, Transport Strategy Division, Department for Transport.
• Ronald Eamonson. For services to the community, especially Regeneration and Business in Birmingham.
• Ellen Margaret, Mrs. Eaton, Leader, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. For services to Local Government and to the community in Bradford.
• Susan Kathleen, Mrs. Elworthy, Director of Nursing, North Glamorgan NHS Trust. For services to Nursing in Wales.
• James Henry Robert Eyre, Architect and Director, Wilkinson Eyre Architects. For services to Architecture.
• Peter Charles Fair, J.P., lately Lead OYcer for Northampton Schools Review. For services to Education.
• David George Farrar. For services to Occupational Health.
• Christine Mary, Mrs. Field, lately Chairman, Magistrates’ Association Family Proceedings Committee. For services to the Administration of Justice in London.
• Anne, Mrs. Fine, Children’s Laureate. For services to Literature.
• Keith Antony Ford, Chief Executive, Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.
• Ms Beryl Foster. For services to Tackling Violence against Women.
• Professor Brian Foster, Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Bristol. For services to Research on Particle Physics.
• Ms Ann Freckleton, Policy and Strategy Adviser, Department for International Development.
• Miss Elizabeth Jean Fulton, Chief Executive, BIH Housing Association. For services to Housing in Northern Ireland.
• Alan Galley, Chief Executive Officer, Freightliner Ltd. For services to the Railway Industry.
• Paul Winnett Gates, General Secretary, Knitwear, Footwear and Apparel Trades Union. For services to Industrial Relations in the UK Textiles Industry. *Colin Sidney George, Chair, Lifelong Learning Foundation. For services to Vocational Education and Human Resource Development.
• Charlotte, Mrs. Gere. For services to Heritage, especially Decorative Arts and Jewellery.
• Guy Edward Gibbons, Grade B1, Ministry of Defence.
• Anthony Alan Gibson, Regional Director, National Farmers’ Union. For services to Agriculture and the Rural Economy in the South West.
• Jonathan Francesc Gili. For services to Broadcasting.
• Norman Neil Nicolson Gillies, Director, Sabhal Mor Ostaig. For services to Education and the Gaelic Language.
• Keith Gledson. For public service.
• Philip Ralph Golding. Headteacher, St Helen’s Primary School, Ipswich, Suffolk. For services to Education.
• Ms Christine Gowdridge, Director, Maternity Alliance. For services to Families.
• Charles McKenzie Graham, lately Inspector, Occupational Health, Health and Safety Executive.
• David Currie Grahame, Founder Director, LINC Scotland. For services to Entrepreneurship in Scotland.
• Professor Alan John Gray, Director, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Dorset Laboratory. For services to Government and Academic Science.
• Alastair Keith Gray, Senior Research Officer, Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
• David Gray, lately Head of Site, HRI East Malling and Wye. For Scientific and Technological services to the UK Horticulture Industry.
• David Green, M.B.E., Director, Combined Heat and Power Association. For services to Energy Efficiency.
• Hilary, Mrs. Grieve, lately Chair, Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.
• Loyd Daniel Gilman Grossman. For services to Patient Care, especially Hospital Catering.
• Colin Watt Hague, Chief Test Pilot, Westland Helicopters. For services to Aviation.
• Howard Michael Haslam, Chief Planning OYcer, South Norfolk Council. For services to the Planning Industry.
• William Haughey, Executive Chairman, City Refrigeration. For services to Entrepreneurship in the West of Scotland.
• Professor Alastair Watt MacIntyre Hay, Professor of Environmental Toxicology, University of Leeds. For services to Occupational Health.
• Major Norman Edwin Hearson, J.P., D.L. For services to the community, especially the Hampshire Playing Fields Association and The Hampshire Technology Centre Trust Limited.
• Miss Maureen Henderson, Executive Director, Nursing, South Glasgow University Hospitals Trust. For services to the NHS in Scotland.
• The Very Reverend Dr. Michael John Higgins, Dean of Ely. For services to the Heritage of Ely Cathedral.
• Robin Philip Coventry Higgs. For services to the Environment and Heritage in Surrey and Hampshire.
• Julian Miles Holland, Musician and Television Presenter. For services to the British Music Industry.
• Andrew Myers Holroyd. For services to Publicly Funded Legal Services in Liverpool.
• Beryl Edith, Mrs. Holt, Headteacher, Woodchurch High Specialist Engineering College, Wirral. For services to Education.
• Stuart Housden, Director, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Scotland. For services to Nature Conservation in Scotland.
• Barrie Hudson, Chief Executive, Forestry Contracting Association. For services to Forestry.
• Norman William Hudson, Technical Adviser, Historic Houses Association. For services to the Heritage Tourism Industry.
• John William Hughes, Chairman, Welsh Regional Flood Defence Committee. For services to Flood Defence in Wales.
• Christopher George Wilson Hunter, Principal, Glasgow College of Nautical Studies. For services to Further Education in Scotland.
• Ms Carol Isherwood, For services to Women’s Rugby.
• Miss Geraldine James, Actress. For services to Drama.
• Ananda Jayatissa Jayasekera, Head, Sharp Programme, Licensing and Exploration Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry.
• Elwyn Tudno Jones. For services to the community in Wales.
• Gareth Jones, Director, Agricultural and Rural Affairs, National Assembly for Wales.
• Miss Julia Peyton-Jones, Director, Serpentine Gallery. For services to Art.
• Julie, Mrs. Jones, Director, Social and Community Services, Westminster City Council, London. For services to Social Care.
• Thomas Jones, M.B.E., Industrial Relations Organiser, Transport and General Workers Union. For services to the Disadvantaged in Wales.
• Professor James Roy Kearney, Honorary Professor of Voluntary Action Studies, University of Ulster. For services to the Voluntary Sector in Northern Ireland.
• Ms Philippa Kennedy, Consultant Editor, The Press Gazette. For services to Journalism.
• Ronald Critchley Kenyon. For services to the community, especially in Health and Education, in Nottingham.
• Dr. Alison Margaret Kerr. Paediatric Neurologist specialising in Rett Syndrome. For services to Medicine.
• Alan Edwin King. For services to the Church of England.
• Sir William Fettiplace Lawrence, Bt., Chairman, Heart of England Tourist Board. For services to the Tourist Industry.
• Nigel Gilbert Lawrie, Headteacher, Port Glasgow High School. For services to Education.
• Michael Jeffrey Leece, Chief Executive, National Marine Aquarium. For services to Tourism.
• Charles Edward Lister. For services to the Safety of Blood and Blood Products, Department of Health.
• Michael Raymond Lord, Executive Director, Sunjuice Ltd. For services to Industry in South Wales.
• Philip Albert Lovegrove. For services to the Church of England.
• Professor Philip David Lowe, Professor of Rural Economy and Founder of the Centre for Rural Economy at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. For services to the Rural Economy.
• Michael Joseph Lyons, Chair, West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority. For services to Public Transport.
• Dennis Ivor Mabey, Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Rating and Local Taxation Policy Panel. For services to Public Valuation and Local Taxation.
• Ms Elizabeth Anne MacLean, Chair, Albyn Housing Society Limited. For services to the community in the Scottish Highlands.
• Iain MacLean MacSween. Chairman, Scottish Fishermen’s Organisation. For services to the Fishing Industry.
• Kathleen Maria, Mrs. Maguiness, lately Chair, Board of Management, Cardonald College, Glasgow. For services to Further Education.
• The Venerable Ajahn Khemadhammo Mahathera, Spiritual Director of Angulimala. For services to Prisoners.
• Don Manley, J.P. For services to the Administration of Justice in the West Midlands.
• John Paul Marston, Sheriff’s Offcer. For services to High Court Enforcement.
• The Reverend Canon Jeremy Fletcher Martineau, National Rural Officer, General Synod Board of Mission. For services to the Rural Communities.
• Ingval Maxwell, Director, Technical Conservation, Research and Education Group, Historic Scotland.
• Michael McCabe, Director, Educational Services, South Ayrshire Council. For services to Education in South Ayrshire.
• Carol, Mrs. McCletchie. For services to Tyne and Wear Employer Coalition and the New Deal.
• Frederick James England McCrindle, Principal, Reading College and School of Arts and Design. For services to Further Education.
• Alastair McGowan. For services to Accident and Emergency Medicine.
• Fiona, Mrs. McMillan, Principal, Bridgwater College, Somerset. For services to Further Education.
• Paul Francis McNamara, Director and Head of Research, Prudential Property Investment Managers Ltd. For services to the Property Industry.
• Tanya Mary, Mrs. McWilliams. For public service.
• Professor Thomas Richard Miles. For services to People with Dyslexia.
• Richard Mills, Secretary General, National Society for Clean Air. For services to the Improvement of Air Quality.
• He ́le`ne Roberte, Mrs. Mitchell, Project Manager, Astronomy Project, National Maritime Museum. For services to Museum Education.
• Jean Hamilton Susan, Mrs. Mitchell. For services to the HALO Trust.
• Marlene Craigie, Mrs. Morley, Grade B1, Ministry of Defence.
• Miss Anne Jessie Mackenzie Morris, lately Head, Fife Educational Service. For services to Children and Young People with Sensory Impairments.
• Simon Morris, Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Wales.
• Kitty, Mrs. Hart-Moxon. For services to Holocaust Training and Education.
• Professor Elizabeth Murdoch, Emeritus Professor of Physical Education, Sports Science, Dance and Leisure, University of Brighton. For services to Physical Education and Sport.
• Professor Norman Cummings Nevin, Chairman, Gene Therapy Advisory Committee. For services to Gene Therapy Research.
• Janet Dianne, Mrs. Newton. For services to Education for Citizenship and the Teaching of Democracy in Schools.
• Christopher James Nicol, District Manager, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions.
• June, Mrs. Nisbet, Leader, School Government Team, School Admissions Organisation and Governance Division, Department for Education and Skills.
• Miss Stella O’Brien, Head, Senior Staffing and Succession, Cabinet Office.
• Miss Bernadette Ann O’Hare. For public service.
• William Edgar Oddie, Writer, Actor and Broadcaster. For services to Wildlife Conservation.
• Ms Elsie Margaret Akva Owusu, Founder Member, Society of Black Architects. For services to Architecture.
• Steve Packer, Deputy Director, Education for All Global Monitoring Report Team, Department for International Development.
• Professor Godfrey Henry Oliver Palmer, Professor, Heriot-Watt University. For services to Grain Science.
• Rosalie Parkinson, Grade B2, Ministry of Defence.
• Fraser Robertson Patrick, lately Director, Neighbourhood Resources and Development, Dundee. For services to Adult Education.
• Joan, Mrs. Patten, lately Chair, South East England Tourist Board. For services to the Tourist Industry.
• Paul Pegler, Leader, Facilities Contracts Management Team, H.M. Treasury.
• Simon Pellew, Managing Director, PECAN. For services to Unemployed People and to the community in South London.
• Dorothy Jean, Mrs. Penny, Associate Director of Redesign, NHS Modernisation Agency. For services to the NHS.
• Elizabeth Mary Kirby, Mrs. Phillips, Headteacher, St. Marylebone Church of England School, Westminster, London. For services to Education.
• Valerie, Mrs. Pitman. For services to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme in Northern Ireland.
• Jonathan Alexander Skoyles Pritchard, lately Divisional Science and Strategy Director, QinetiQ. For services to the Defence Industry.
• David Thomas Pugh, Secretary, Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology. For services to Marine Sciences.
• Brigadier Hugh Pye, Chairman, Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood. For services to the community in the South West.
• Margaret Pauline, Mrs. Quinn, Director of Midwifery, Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.
• Professor Patrick Donald Rayfield, Professor of Russian and Georgian, Queen Mary, University of London. For services to Slav Culture and Language.
• Ms Jancis Mary Robinson, Writer and Broadcaster on Wine. For services to Broadcasting and Journalism.
• Peter Richard Rogers, Editor, The Grower Magazine. For services to Horticultural Journalism.
• Peter Rotheram. For services to Environmental Health.
• Ms Frances Ann Rumsey, Grade 7, Human Resources, The Pension Service, Department for Work and Pensions.
• Thomas Walker Sale. For services to the community in Alnwick, Northumberland.
• Frederick William Saunders, Chief Executive, East Staffordshire Borough Council. For services to Local Government in the West Midlands.
• Mary Lynne, Mrs. Saunders, Headteacher, Bettridge School, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs.
• Ms Joanne Segars, Board Member, Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority. For services to the Pensions Industry.
• Colin Trevor Shaw, lately Chief Executive, Devon and Cornwall Housing Group. For services to Housing in Devon and Cornwall.
• Stewart Anderson Sim, Operations Director, British Waterways. For services to Canals.
• Brian Simpson. For services to the Development of Eurocode Design Standards.
• Jagtar Singh, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to Equal Opportunities in the Fire Service.
• Marie, Mrs. Skinner, Farmer and Conservationist. For services to Rural Economy and to Farming in East Anglia.
• Jane, Mrs. Smart, Executive Director, Plantlife International. For services to the Conservation of Wild Plants.
• Rodney Brian Hedley-Smith. For services to the Corporation of London.
• Sarabjeet Singh Soar. For services to Small Business in the West Midlands.
• Geoffrey Howard Sole, lately Senior Principal Surveyor, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping. For services to Shipping.
• David Hunter Sparks, Member, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council and Local Government Association. For services to Local Government.
• John Squires, D.L. For services to the community, especially the Tyne and Wear Foundation in the North East.
• Richard John Sterling, Managing Director, Coolkeeragh Group Ltd. For services to the Basic Skills Committee and Business in Northern Ireland.
• Alec James Stewart, M.B.E. For services to Cricket.
• David Stewart, Headteacher, Shepherd Special School, Nottingham. For services to Education.
• Stephen Stewart, Chief Executive, Coventry and Warwickshire Connexions Partnership. For services to Young People.
• Philip Street, Chief Executive Officer, Community Education Development Centre. For services to Community Education in the West Midlands.
• Paul Richard Streets, Chief Executive, Diabetes UK. For services to People with Diabetes.
• Professor Hugh Brown Sutherland, lately Honorary Adviser on Graduate Relations. For services to the University of Glasgow.
• David Ronald Swallow, Headteacher, Barry Comprehensive School, Vale of Glamorgan. For services to Education.
• Gerald Sweeney, Contact Centre Manager, East Kilbride, Inland Revenue.
• David Whitlock Tanner, Performance Director, Amateur Rowing Association. For services to Rowing.
• Ms Kathleen Tattersall, Director General, Assessment and Qualifications Alliance. For services to Education.
• Robin Harry Teague, Consultant Gastroenterologist, South Devon Healthcare Trust. For services to Medicine.
• Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp, Artistic Director, National Youth Dance Trust. For services to Dance.
• Edward John Thomas, lately Acting Chief Executive, Bro Taf Health Authority. For services to the NHS.
• Lilian Doris, Mrs. Thompson, M.B.E., J.P., Chairman, Blackpool Pleasure Beach Ltd. For services to the community in Blackpool, Lancashire.
• Caroline, Mrs. Thomson, Chairman, Highland NHS Board. For services to the NHS in Scotland.
• Hugh Gilmour Thomson, Director, Research and Consultancy Services, University of Strathclyde. For services to the Commercialisation of University Research.
• Glenys, Mrs. Timmons, Assistant Director, OYce of Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry.
• Dr. Gladys Mary Tinker, lately Consultant, Care of the Elderly, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. For services to the NHS.
• Ms Jennifer Mary Topper, Artistic Director, Hampstead Theatre. For services to Drama.
• Martin Turrell, Head of Branch, Judicial, Civil and Family Business Solutions, E-Delivery Group, Lord Chancellor’s Department.
• Jef Aartse Tuyn, Head, Countryside Communications, Royal Agricultural Society of England. For services to the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
• Campbell Wilson Tweed, lately Chairman, Historic Monuments Council. For services to Historic Monuments Protection in Northern Ireland.
• Jhalman Singh Uppal, Chairman, Punjabi Culture Society and District Councillor, Telford and Wrekin. For services to Community Relations in Telford and Wrekin.
• Ms Dorma Jane Urwin, lately Principal, University College, Worcester. For services to Higher Education.
• Jack Vettriano, Artist. For services to the Visual Arts.
• Michael J. Viney. For services to UK Exports.
• Arnold Wagner, Chair of Governors, JFS School, Brent, London. For services to Education.
• Roy Belford Walker, Principal Child Care Manager. For services to Young People in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
• Sandra Ann, Mrs. Walton, Headteacher, Allens Croft Primary School, Birmingham. For services to Education.
• Alexander Bell Watson, Chief Executive, Angus Council. For services to Local Government.
• John White, Director, Group Technology, Royal Bank of Scotland. For services to the Banking Industry in Scotland.
• Bernard Whiting, Business Change Manager, Inland Revenue.
• John Spencer Wilkinson, lately Grade B2, Ministry of Defence.
• Bryan Peter Williams, Professor of Social Work, University of Dundee. For services to Social Work Education and Training.
• Ashley John Graham Winter, Chairman, Learning and Skills Council for Tyne and Wear. For services to Business in the North East.
• Roger Wood, Head, Data Quality Branch, Food Standards Agency.
• Kui Man Yeung, Director, Yang Sing Group. For services to Business in Manchester.

• Dr. Bruce Arnold. For services to journalism and UK-Irish relations.
• James Jose-Maria Arroyo. First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• Richard Patrick Faithorn Barber. For services to international trade.
• David Murray Blake. For services to the India OYce Records.
• Rex Brown. For services to UK commercial interests in the Middle East.
• Edmund George Capon. For services to the promotion of British art in Australia.
• Piers William Alexander Cazalet, lately First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth OYce.
• Ms Anna Louise Clunes. First Secretary, UK Mission to the United Nations, New York.
• James Atchison Cogan, Founder and Director of Students Partnership Worldwide.
• Nancy, Mrs. Dargel. For services to Oxford University and the British community in Switzerland.
• Paul Dugan. For services to British business interests and the British community in Saudi Arabia.
• Michael John Elliott. For services to British journalism in the USA.
• David George Glasgow. For services to British commercial interests in Poland.
• Alastair Hay
• Manzoor Hasan, lately Executive Director, Transparency International Bangladesh.
• Rosemary Eileen, Mrs. Hilhorst, Director, Connecting Futures project, British Council.
• Susan Elizabeth, Mrs. Hogwood, M.B.E., H.M. Ambassador, Kigali.
• Eric Jenkinson, lately First Secretary, British Embassy Tehran.
• David Nigel Kay. For services to British business interests and the British community in the USA.
• Lee Kirkham. For services to Save the Children in Africa.
• Ms Alison Lane. For services to disadvantaged children in Mexico.
• Kevin David Lewis, lately Director Bulgaria, British Council.
• Peter Baron Maynard. For services to the British and local communities in Ecuador.
• James Forbes McCulloch. For services to British exports.
• Professor David Paul Mellor. For services to British scholarship schemes overseas.
• Edris, Mrs. O’Neal. For services to the community, British Virgin Islands.
• Eric Albert Pearse Hughes. For services to UK-Mexican cultural relations and to the British community in Mexico.
• Richard Fowler Pelly. For services to the Budapest Festival Orchestra and to the British community in Hungary.
• Ms Emma Playfair, lately Executive Director Interights. For services to the promotion of human rights.
• Dr. Harry Lindsay Potter, DfID Natural Resources and Rural Livelihoods Adviser, Malawi.
• David Elliott Ritch, J.P. For public service, Cayman Islands.
• Michael Richard Rogers. For services to the British community and charities in Switzerland.
• Krishna Savjani, Honorary British Consul, Blantyre and Honorary Legal Adviser to the British High Commission Lilongwe.
• Nickleby Robin Duncan Tait. For services to British business interests in Australia.
• Ms Kristin Scott Thomas. For services to acting and to UK-French cultural relations.
• Linton Nathaniel Tibbetts. For services to the community, Cayman Islands.
• Commander John Martin Williamson Topp, Royal Navy. For services to the environment and conservation in the British Indian Ocean Territory.
• Graham Beverley Tullet. For services to ex-servicemen and to the British community in India.
• David Douglas Willey, BBC Correspondent, Rome.
• Alma, Mrs. Williams, lately member of the UK delegation to the European Economic and Social Committee.
• Mark Adrian Wilson, Honorary British Consul, Bali. For services to the victims of the Bali bombing.
• Philip John Wilson, Assistant to the Honorary British Consul, Bali. For services to victims of the Bali bombing.
• Ms Belinda Anne Irene Wright. For services to the protection of wildlife and endangered species in India.

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