2008 New Year Honours - Order of The British Empire - Officers of The Order of The British Empire (OBE)

Officers of The Order of The British Empire (OBE)

• Pauline Ann Adams, Chair, Crossroads Wales. For services to Carers. (Swansea)
• Nicholas John Adkin, Tobacco Programme Manager, Department of Health. (London, N16)
• Mushtaq Ahmad, Lately Provost, South Lanarkshire Council. For services to Local Government. (Hamilton, Lanarkshire)
• John Akomfrah, Director. For services to the film industry. (London, N1)
• George Maxwell Alagiah, Broadcaster and Author. For services to Journalism. (London, N16)
• Graham Ashmore, Head of European and Cluster Policy, UK Trade and Investment, West Midlands Region. For services to International Trade.(Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire)
• Christopher John Atkinson, JP, DL, For services to the Administration of Justice in Sheffield. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
• Dr Michael Richard Atkinson, For services to the community in Balsall Heath, Birmingham. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• John Azah, Vice-Chair, Independent Advisory Group, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Community Relations in London. (Worcester Park, Surrey)
• Dr David Eric Barnardo, Vice-President and lately Chair, Barnardo's. For services to Social Care for Children. (Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire)
• Lynette Pamela Ann Barnes, Director, Ripon Council for Voluntary Service. For services to the Voluntary Sector in North Yorkshire. (Ripon, North Yorkshire)
• Dr Robert Barr, Managing Director, Manchester Geomatics Ltd. For services to Geography. (Lymm, Cheshire)
• John Bernard Barradell, Lately Chief Officer, Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary. For services to the Police. (London, SE7)
• Sarah Ann Bazin, Therapy Services Manager, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust and Chair, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. For services to Healthcare. (Warwick, Warwickshire)
• Dr Geoffrey Beard, Co-Founder, Furniture History Society. For services to Heritage. (Bath, Somerset)
• Paul Godfrey Beard, Lately Chair, Health and Social Care Advisory Service and Regional Director, Royal College of Nursing. For services to Healthcare. (London, N1)
• Roger Begy, Chair, Learning and Skills Council, Lincolnshire and Rutland. For services to Further Education and Training. (Oakham, Rutland)
• Ann Beynon, Director Wales, BT Group. For services to Business. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
• Iwona Blazwick, Director, Whitechapel Art Gallery. For services to Art. (London, N7)
• Paul Bleasdale, Head, Pensions and Medical Fitness Unit, School Resources Group, Department for Children, Schools and Families. (Darlington, Durham)
• Geoffrey Charles Bond, DL, For charitable services. (Southwell, Nottinghamshire)
• David Bowles, Chair, Northern Defence Industries. For services to the Defence Industry. (Sedgefield, Durham)
• Thomas Wilson Boyd, DL, For services to the Fishing Industry and to the community in Kingston-upon-Hull. (Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire)
• Paul Breach, Executive Director, Northern Defence Industries. For services to the Hospitality Industry. (London, SW10)
• Barbara Dana Broccoli, Film Producer. For services to the Film Industry. (London, W1J)
• Gordon Brown, Lately Head of Freshwater Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Marine Directorate, Scottish Executive. (Kinross-shire)
• Nigel Brown, For services to Business and to the community in Cambridgeshire. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)
• Rodney William Brown, Emergency Services Liaison Team Leader, Highways Agency, Department for Transport. (Holmer Green, Buckinghamshire)
• Professor Margaret Ann Buck, Lately Head, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (UAL). For services to Arts and Design Education. (London, SE22)
• David Robert Burge, Head of Police Finance and Pension Unit, Home Office. (Upminster, Essex)
• Audrey Ruth Burton, For charitable services in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. (Harrogate, North Yorkshire)
• David William Butler, Chief Executive, National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations. For services to the Community and to Education. (Sevenoaks, Kent)
• Dr Donald Reeve Buttress, LVO, Architect and Surveyor. For services to the Conservation of Cathedrals. (St Albans, Hertfordshire)
• Dr Dolores Cecelia Byrne, Managing Director, Public Sector, QinetiQ. For services to the Defence Industry. (Fareham, Hampshire)
• Michael Anthony Cairns, Lately Commissioner of English Heritage. For services to Heritage. (Weybridge, Surrey)
• Daniel Carrigan, For services to Health and Safety. (Cumbernauld, Glasgow)
• Professor Robert Harvey Cassen, Emeritus Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford and Visiting Professor, London School of Economics. For services to Education. (London, NW3)
• Stephen Edward Linton Clarke, For services to Maritime Heritage and to the community in Bideford, Devon. (Bideford, Devon)
• The Reverend David Roy Coffey, President, Baptist World Alliance. For services to Inter-faith Relations. (Didcot, Oxfordshire)
• Jasper Alexander Thirlby Conran, Designer. For services to the Retail Industry. (London, W1S)
• Michael Brian Cookson, President, British Cycling Federation. For services to Sport. (Clitheroe, Lancashire)
• Robert Coxon, Chair, Centre for Process Innovation. For services to the Chemicals Industry in the North East. (Stockton-on-Tees, Durham)
• David Beresford Cragg, MBE, Regional Director, Learning and Skills Council, West Midlands. For services to Training and to Education. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• The Honourable Noel Quayle Cringle, President of Tynwald. For public service in the Isle of Man. (Rushen, Isle of Man)
• Dinah Selma Crystal, For services to the Pro Bono Legal Services. (Bowdon, Cheshire)
• Sally Cullen, Liaison Magistrate, Rome, Crown Prosecution Service. (Rome, 00186 ROME)
• Anthony Clive Davies, Managing Director, Focus Education UK Ltd. For services to School Inspections. (Oldham, Lancashire)
• Byron Davies, Chief Executive, Cardiff City Council. For services to Local Government in Wales. (Cowbridge, South Glamorgan)
• Susan Margaret Davies, Chief Executive, Wessex Archaeology. For services to Heritage. (Salisbury, Wiltshire)
• Nina Alexandra Dawes, Chief Executive, Lichfield District Council. For services to Local Government and to Flood Rescue in Staffordshire. (Stafford, Staffordshire)
• Dr Rosemarie Dickie, Lately Chair, Northamptonshire Police Authority. For services to the community in Northamptonshire. (Northampton, Northamptonshire)
• Sandie Dixie, Headteacher, Greenhill Primary School, Oldham. For services to Education. (Stalybridge, Lancashire)
• Captain Michael Fulford-Dobson, CVO, Lately Lord Lieutenant of Dorset. (Cerne Abbas, Dorset)
• Roy Dotrice Actor. For services to Drama. (London, WC2N)
• Gillian Vera Drummond, DL, President, Association of Garden Trusts. For services to the Environment. (Southampton, Hampshire)
• William Charles Dryburgh, Grade B1, Ministry of Defence. (Dunfermline, Fife)
• Professor Clair Evelyn Houssemayne du Boulay, Postgraduate Dean, Wessex Deanery, NHS Education South Central. For services to Medicine. (Alresford, Hampshire)
• David Hunter Duncan, Lately Provost, North Ayrshire Council. For services to Local Government. (Kilwinning, Ayrshire and Arran)
• Professor Philip Arthur Dyer, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Manchester Royal Infirmary. For services to Medicine. (Bury, Greater Manchester)
• Dr Edith Maureen Sarah Edmondson, Chair, Northern Ireland Food Advisory Committee, Food Standards Agency. For public service. (Newtownards, Down)
• Margaret Elliott, For services to the community in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
• Michele Elliott, Director and Founder, Kidscape. For services to Children. (London, W2)
• Victor Reginald Emery, Managing Director, BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions. For services to the Shipbuilding Industry. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
• Helen Elizabeth Moss Evans, For services to the Quartet Community Foundation, Bristol. (Stoke Bishop, Bristol)
• Robert Cameron Farmer, Head of Contingency Planning, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (Aldershot, Hampshire)
• Joan Fenton Lately Headteacher, Dyce School, Aberdeen. For services to Education. (Alford, Aberdeenshire)
• Ian Bennett Flanagan Vice-President, Perennial-Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society. For services to Horticulture. (Woldingham, Surrey)
• Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, MBE, DL, For services to Cricket. (Wolverhampton, West Midlands)
• Nicola Francis, Debt Enforcement Project Manager, Kidscape Charity, Department for Work and Pensions. (Tavistock, Devon)
• Kenneth Vincent Fraser, Operations Manager, County Court Bulk Centre, HM Courts Service. (Northampton, Northamptonshire)
• Romy Fraser, Founder, Neal's Yard Remedies. For services to the Health and Beauty Industry. (Musbury, Devon)
• Michael Peter Galloway, Director, Planning and Transportation, Dundee City Council. For services to Urban Design and Regeneration. (Dundee)
• Victor Galyer, Headteacher, Challney High School for Boys and Community College, Luton, Bedfordshire. For services to Education. (Luton, Bedfordshire)
• Eric Michael Garston, For charitable services. (London, W14)
• Michael Gault, For services to Shooting. (East Dereham, Norfolk)
• Timothy Stephen Gbedemah, Non-Executive Director, Border and Immigration Agency, Home Office. For public service. (London, SW11)
• Michael John Stanley Gibbons, For services to Regulatory Reform. (Welwyn, Hertfordshire)
• Michael Charles Gilbert, Lately Assistant Director, Energy Resilience Directorate. For services to the Gas and Electricity Industries. (Holbeach St Johns, Lincolnshire)
• Barbara Margaret Gildea, Executive Vice-President, Human Resources, Rolls Royce. For services to Business. (London, SW1E)
• Professor Alan Henry Puckridge Gillett, For services to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and to the community in Ealing, West London. (London, W5)
• Robert Alan Gilmore, Lately Chief Executive, Banbridge District Council. For services to Local Government in Northern Ireland. (Banbridge, Down)
• Michael Goddard, For services to Technology. (Addlestone, Surrey)
• Deborah Louise goodwin, Lately Member, Audit Committee, Training and Development Agency for Schools. For services to the community and to Education. (London, SW12)
• Diana Grahame, MVO, Secretary, Victoria Cross and George Cross Association. For charitable services. (London, SW11)
• Dr Michael Grainger, Lately Headteacher, Barnard Castle Church of England Primary School, Durham. For services to Education. (Bishop Auckland, Durham)
• Michael Greenway, Senior Consultant, EADS Defence and Security UK Ltd. For services to Business in Wales. (Monmouthshire)
• Chief Inspector Peter Mark Edward Griffiths, For services to the Criminal Justice System in West Yorkshire. (Wakefield, West Yorkshire)
• Richard Griffiths, Actor. For services to Drama. (Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire)
• Ann Marie Grinstead, Lately Non-Executive Director, Valuation Office Agency. For public service. (Liss, Hampshire)
• Tricia Guild, Chair, Designers Guild. For services to Interior Design. (London, W11)
• Sister Brigid Halligan, Headteacher, Bellerive FCJ Catholic College, Liverpool. For services to Education. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
• Colin David Harbin, Lately Deputy Director, Border and Immigration Agency, Home Office. (Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire)
• Dr John Winsor Harcup, For services to Health and to Heritage in Malvern, Worcestershire. (Malvern, Worcestershire)
• Roy James Harrison, Chair of Governors, Thomas Telford School; Governor, Sandwell Academy; Chair, Building Construction Committee, Madeley Academy, West Midlands. For services to Education. (Bridgnorth, Shropshire)
• Judith Beryl Hassan, For services to Holocaust Survivors. (London, NW6)
• Laurence Hatchwell, Lead Specialist, Rating Directorate, Valuation Office Agency, HM Revenue and Customs. (Surrey)
• David William Hill, Director and Company Secretary, Leo Pharma. For services to the Pharmaceutical Industry. (Marlow, Buckinghamshire)
• Councillor Martin John Hill, Leader, Lincolnshire County Council. For services to Local Government. (Bourne, Lincolnshire)
• Michael John Hollingbery, For services to the community in the East Riding of Yorkshire. (Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire)
• Elizabeth Howe, General Counsel, International Association of Prosecuters, Crown Prosecution Service.(Nr West Malling, Kent)
• John Andrew Howison, Lately Director, Trunk Road Infrastructure and Professional Services, Transport Scotland, Scottish Executive (Edinburgh)
• Keith Cecil Ross Howman, Lately President, World Pheasant Association. For services to Conservation. (Shepperton, Middlesex)
• Jonathan Peter Douglas-Hughes, DL, Chair, Essex Association of Boys' Clubs. For services to Young People. (Halstead, Essex)
• David Robert Hutchinson, Lately Vice-Chair and Media-Side Chair, Defence Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee. For services to the Media. (Arundel, West Sussex)
• Alexander Jamieson, Lately Chief Executive, Includem. For Sandy services to the Youth Justice System in Scotland. (Valencia Province)
• Dr Godfrey John Jenkins, Head, Climate Change Programme, Hadley Centre, Meteorological Office. For services to Science. (Yateley, Hampshire)
• Robert Ryan Jervis, Lately Headteacher, Lakelands School, Sports and Language College, Ellesmere, Shropshire. For services to Education. (Shrewsbury, Shropshire)
• Amir Kabal, JP, DL, Member, Learning and Skills Council, National Equality and Diversity Sub-Committee. For services to Training and to the community in East (Barton-under-Needwood)
• Professor Rajvinder Singh Kandola, Member, National Employment Panel. For services to Disadvantaged People and to Diversity. (Leamington Spa, Warwickshire)
• The Venerable Dr Witharandeniye Kassapa, For services to the International Buddhist Relief Organisation. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Andrew Keddie, Lately Chair, Scottish Police Conveners' Forum. For public service. (Leven, Fife)
• Sheila Kelly, Executive Director, The Proprietary Association of Great Britain. For services to the Pharmaceutical Industry. (London, E3)
• David John Kendall, Principal, Derwen Independent Specialist College, Shropshire. For services to Special Needs Further Education. (Oswestry, Shropshire)
• Patricia Cecilia Kennedy, Headteacher, St Mark's Primary School, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire. For services to Education. (Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire)
• Professor Lou Kushnick, Lately Honorary Professorial Fellow in Race Relations, University of Manchester. For services to the community and to Higher Education. (Gatley, Cheshire)
• Dr Maeve Kyle, Chair, Coaching Northern Ireland. For services to Athletics. (Ballymena, Antrim)
• Andrew Lake Grade, B1, Ministry of Defence. (London)
• Dr David Leighton, Lately Headteacher, Llanfyllin High School. For services to Education in Wales. (Near Newtown, Powys)
• Kathleen Amy Lemaire, Chief Executive, School Library Association. For services to Education. (Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire)
• Dr Alan Charles Richard Lennon, Lately Chair, Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment. For services to Education in Northern Ireland. (Ballynahinch, Down)
• Penelope Ann Letts, For services to Vulnerable People. (London, SE24)
• Paul Lincoln, Chief Executive, National Heart Forum for Coronary Heart Disease Prevention (UK). For services to Healthcare. (Sutton, Surrey)
• Paul Michael Lincoln, Senior Civil Servant, Ministry of Defence. (London, E1)
• Patrick Littlejohn, For services to Mountaineering. (Caemarfon, Gwynedd)
• Doreen Wilson Lofthouse, MBE, Chairman, Lofthouse of Fleetwood Ltd. For services to Business and to the community in Lancashire. (Little Thornton, Lancashire)
• Alison Logan, For services to Community Relations. (Glasgow)
• Jon Lord, Head, Community Housing Services, Bolton City Council. For services to Social Housing. (Bolton, Greater Manchester)
• Desmond Michael Lynam, Sports Commentator and Broadcaster. For services to Sport. (London, W6)
• William Roderick Macdonald, Chief Executive, British Racing School. For services to the Horse Racing Industry and to Disadvantaged Young People. (Newmarket, Suffolk)
• Alastair Jesse Head Macnish, Lately Chair, Accounts Commission for Scotland. For services to Local Government. (Gourock, Renfrewshire)
• Stephen Maddox, Chief Executive, Wirral Borough Council. For services to Local Government. (Chester, Cheshire)
• Professor Jean Catherine Manson, Head of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Division and Neuropathogenesis Unit, Roslin Institute. For services to Science. (Midlothian)
• Michele Marie Marken, Principal, St Joseph's College, Belfast. For services to Education. (Belfast)
• Professor Elaine Barbara Martin, Professor in Industrial Statistics, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. For services to Science. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
• Nigel Jamie Martin, Managing Partner, Ward Hadaway. For services to Business in the North East. (Gosforth, Tyne and Wear)
• Diana Mason, For services to Equestrian Sport. (Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire)
• Heather Rose Maxwell, Principal, South Devon College. For services to Further Education. (Devon)
• Colin Mcallister, Head of Division in Detection, North Region, HM Revenue and Customs. (Paisley, Lanarkshire)
• Robert Duncan Mccausland, For public service. (Belfast)
• Dr Philip Gordon Mcclements, Chief Medical Adviser, Northern Ireland Prison Service. For services to Healthcare. (Newtownards, Down)
• Alison Mary Mcdonald, Senior Manager, Processing Directorate, Portsmouth, HM Revenue and Customs. (Chichester, West Sussex)
• Anthony Mcgann, MBE, For services to the community in the Vauxhall and Kirkdale Districts of Liverpool. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
• Lucian Joseph John Mcgrath, Executive Director, Mines Advisory Group. For services to Mine Clearance. (Wirral)
• Bernard Mcguigan, Head of Estate Management, Northern Ireland Office. (Lurgan, Armagh)
• Karen MIllen, Co-Founder, Karen Millen. For services to the Retail Industry. (Maidstone, Kent)
• Kylie Ann Minogue Singer, For services to Music. (London, SW6)
• Jeanne Monckton, Lately Headteacher, Watling Street Primary School, Walsall. For services to Education. (Walsall, West Midlands)
• Stephen Hugh Morgan, Chief Executive, Autism Cymru. For services to People with Autism. (Machynlleth, Powys)
• Professor Treen Carson Michael Morris, Consultant Haematologist, Belfast City Hospital. For services to Medicine in Northern Ireland. (Larne, Antrim)
• Dr Peter Michael Neumann, Tutor in Mathematics, The Queen's College, Oxford and lately Chair, UK Mathematics Trust. For services to Education. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
• Penelope Ann Newman, Chief Executive Officer, Cafédirect. For services to Ethical Business. (Ruislip, Middlesex)
• Esther Maria O'Callaghan, Entrepreneur and Chair, Young People's Fund, Big Lottery Fund. For services to the Voluntary Sector. (Rochdale, Lancashire)
• Grace Chidozie Ononiwu, Chief Crown Prosecutor, Northamptonshire. (Luton, Bedfordshire)
• Jean Orridge, Headteacher, High Clarence Primary School, Stockton-on-Tees. For services to Education. (Stockton-on-Tees, Durham)
• David Robert Parker, Director, Information and Secretariat, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. For public service. (Maidenhead, Berkshire)
• Stephen Robert Parnaby, Leader, East Riding of Yorkshire Council. For services to Local Government. (Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire)
• Maurice Patterson, Head, Eastern Regional Office, Invest NI, Northern Ireland Executive. (Belfast)
• Richard Pearson, JP, Lately Chair, British Institute of Innkeeping. For services to the Hospitality Industry. (Marlow, Buckinghamshire)
• David Alan Peat, Chief Executive, East Lancashire Primary Care Trust. For services to the NHS. (Burnley, Lancashire)
• Sue Pinder, Principal, West Lothian College. For services to Lifelong Learning in Scotland. (Tullibody, Clackmannanshire)
• Frank Christopher Price, For services to Engineering. (Leicestershire)
• Michael John Radford, For services to Animal Welfare Law. (Ross and Cromarty)
• Dr Chennakesavalu RajagopaL, Lately Civilian Medical Practitioner, Ministry of Defence. (Paderborn)
• Stephen Ramsden, Chief Executive, Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare. (Hemel Hempstead, Herefordshire)
• Mohammed Shahid Raza, For services to the Muslim community in Leicester. (Wembley, Middlesex)
• Philip Howard Reed, Director, Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms. For services to Museums. (London, SE22)
• Samuel Ross Reed, Lately Belfast Harbour Commissioner. For services to the Maritime Industry. (Belfast)
• Alison Richards, For services to UNICEF UK. (Longworth, Oxfordshire)
• Barbara Elizabeth Riddell, Director of Resources, London Fire Brigade. For services to the Fire and Rescue Service. (Edenbridge, Kent)
• Philip Keitch Riddle, Chief Executive, VisitScotland. For services to the Tourist Industry. (Edinburgh)
• Mark David Rimmer, Service Director, Brent Registration and Nationality Service, HM Treasury. (Hitchin, Hertfordshire)
• Christopher Edmund Thurston Rivington, Team Leader, Learning and Skills Council Relationship Management Team, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. (Rotherham, South Yorkshire)
• Peter Edward Thomas Robbins, QPM Chief Executive, Internet Watch Foundation. For services to Children and Families. (Royston, Hertfordshire)
• Jason Thorpe Robinson, MBE, Lately England and Sale Sharks Rugby Captain. For services to Sport. (Siddington, Cheshire)
• Dr Peter Leonard Roeder, Lately Animal Health Officer (Virology) and Secretary, Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme. For services to Veterinary Science. (Bordon, Hampshire)
• Trevor Beresford Romeo also known as Jazzie B, For services to Music. (London, NW1)
• Kenneth Ross, Chief Executive, Elphinstone Group Limited. For services to the Construction Industry in Scotland. (Glasgow)
• Dr Trevor James Heather Rothwell, Secretary, Forensic Pathology Council, Home Office. For public service. (Bath, Somerset)
• Professor Philip Routledge, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Honorary Consultant Physician, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. For services to Medicine. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
• Deborah Stedman-Scott, DL Chief Executive, Tomorrow's People. For services to Unemployed People. (Hastings, East Sussex)
• Michael Gordon Scott, Lately Grade B1, Ministry of Defence. (Westbury, Wiltshire)
• Janet Seaton, Lately Head of Research and Information Services, Scottish Parliament. (Langport, Somerset)
• Anton Setchell, Assistant Chief Constable, Association of Chief Police Officers. For services to the Police. (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire)
• Professor Martin Peter Severs, Associate Dean (Clinical Practice), Faculty of Science, University of Portsmouth. For services to Medicine. (Portsmouth, Hampshire)
• Christopher Sheffield, Senior Manager, HM Prison Manchester. (Formby, Merseyside)
• Kathleen Silvestro, Manager, Contact Centre, Bathgate, West Lothian, HM Revenue and Customs. (Edinburgh)
• Douglas Slocombe, Cinematographer. For services to the Film Industry. (London, SW7)
• Professor Louis Smidt, Chair, West London Mental Health NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare. (London, N1)
• Delia Smith, Headteacher, St Angela's Ursuline School, Newham, London. For services to Education. (London, E12)
• Iain Smith, Producer. For services to the Film Industry. (Iver, Buckinghamshire)
• Robert Graham Smith, Senior Vice-President, External and Environmental Affairs, Toyota Motor Europe. For services to the Automotive Industry. (Horsham, West Sussex)
• Dr Stuart Hugh Somerville, Head, Farm Business Services Group, Scottish Agricultural College. For services to the Agricultural Industry in Scotland. (Lanark, Lanarkshire)
• Professor Geoffrey Southworth, Deputy Chief Executive and Strategic Director for Research and Policy, National College for School Leadership. For services to Education. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)
• Rosemary Anne Squire, Co-Founder and Joint Chief Executive, Ambassador Theatre Group. For services to Theatre. (West Byfleet, Surrey)
• Dr David Robert Steel, Chief Executive, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. For services to Healthcare. (Edinburgh)
• Roger Francis Stokes, Lately Senior Scientific Officer, QinetiQ. For services to the Armed Forces. (Farnborough, Hampshire)
• Dr Richard Harry Brooke Sturt, Lately Chair, Consumer Council for Water (Southern). For services to the Water Industry. (Deal, Kent)
• Robert Hedley Sykes, Lately Chief Executive, Worcestershire County Council. For services to Local Government. (Malvern, Worcestershire)
• The Reverend Paul Symonds, For services to Community Relations in Northern Ireland. (Newtownabbey, Antrim)
• Ian Talbot, Lately Artistic Director, Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park. For services to Drama. (London, SW18)
• Evelyn May Tayor, For services to Aromatherapy and to the Beauty Industry. (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)
• Gordon Alexander Taylor, Chief Executive, Professional Footballers' Association. For services to Sport. (Nr Clitheroe, Lancashire)
• Professor Andrew James Thomson, Lately Dean, Faculty of Science, University of East Anglia. For services to Higher Education. (Norwich, Norfolk)
• Barbara Thorndick, Chief Executive, West Kent Housing Association. For services to Social Housing. (London, NW5)
• George David Thornton, Chair, Lake District National Park Authority. For services to the Environment. (Windermere, Cumbria)
• John Keith Thorpe, Grade 7, Cities and Urban Policy Division, Department for Communities and Local Government. (London, N2)
• Janice Tracey, Chief Executive, Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Member, Northern Ireland Higher Education Council. For services to the Economy and to Education. (Claudy, Londonderry)
• Andrew Stewart Trotter, QPM Deputy Chief Constable, British Transport Police. For services to the Police. (Tonbridge, Kent)
• Professor Margaret Ann Tucker, Lately Dean and Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Cardiff University. For services to Healthcare. (Cowbridge, The Vale of Glamorgan)
• Dr Ian Paul Tunbridge, Executive Director, Combined Universities in Cornwall and lately Dean, University of Plymouth Colleges. For services to Higher Education. (Liskeard, Cornwall)
• Jennifer Sheila Uglow, Biographer and Editorial Director, Chatto and Windus. For services to Literature and to Publishing. (Canterbury, Kent)
• Patricia Mollie Valerie Valler, For services to the Women's Section, The Royal British Legion. (Southsea, Hampshire)
• Peter Vansittart, Author. For services to Literature. (Suffolk)
• Kashaf Walayat, Head of Service Improvement and Operations, Chief Information Officers Group, Department for Children, Schools and Families. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
• Alan James Walker, Finance Director, Jaguar Cars. For services to the Automotive Industry and to Disadvantaged People in Merseyside. (Chester, Cheshire)
• Professor James Walvin, Emeritus Professor of History, University of York. For services to Scholarship. (York, North Yorkshire)
• Brian Wareham, For services to Crimestoppers. (Winchester, Hampshire)
• Professor Kasturi Arachchi Ariya Saman WarnakulasuriyA, Professor of Oral Medicine and Experimental Oral Pathology, King's College London, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London. For services to Medicine. (Wallington, Surrey)
• Laura Theresa Warren, DL, For services to the voluntary sector in Essex. (Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex)
• Michael Roy Waterland, Chair, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare in the West Midlands and the South East. (Fareham, Hampshire)
• Nicholas Bruce Watson, Justices' Clerk, Leicestershire and Rutland, HM Courts Service. (Leicestershire)
• Alison Jane Watt, Artist. For services to Art. (Edinburgh)
• Graham Clive Watts, Chief Executive, Construction Industry Council. For services to the Construction Industry. (London, N11)
• Katherine Margaret Welch, Chief Executive, Acumen Community Enterprise Development Trust. For services to Social Enterprise in the North East. (Chester le Street, Durham)
• David Whitman, Corporate Services Manager, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
• Roy Malcolm Wicks, Director-General, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. For services to Public Transport. (Barnsley, South Yorkshire)
• Councillor David John Wilcox, Member, Derbyshire County Council. For services to Local Government. (Tintwistle, Derbyshire)
• Dr William Edward Wilkins, Clinical Director of Integrated Medicine and Consultant Physician, Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust. For services to the NHS in Wales. (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan)
• John WIlson, Director of Education, East Renfrewshire. For services to Education. (Killearn, Stirling and Falkirk)
• Michael Gregg Wilson, Producer and Photographic Collector. For services to the Film Industry. (London, W1J)
• Robert Primrose Wilson, For charitable services through the Willow Foundation. (Christchurch, Dorset)
• Sarah Wood, Senior Case Director, HM Revenue and Customs. (Heathfield, East Sussex)
• Malcolm Wright, For services to the NHS in Scotland. (Edinburgh)
• Adrian Roger Wyatt, Chief Executive, Quintain Estates and Development plc and Founder, Investment Property Forum. For services to the Property Industry. (Buntingford, Hertfordshire)
• Callton Lloyd Young, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Director of Sustainability and Competitiveness, Food and Drink Federation. (Purley, Surrey)