New Year Honours: Order of the British Empire

Commander (CBE)

Ackroyd, Peter, Writer. For serv Literature. Allen, Charles Lamb, chm M2002 Ltd. For serv the XVII Commwlth Games. Alltimes, Geoff, Dir, Social Services, Hammersmith. For serv Social Care. Anderson, Derrick Bancroft, Chief exec, Wolverhampton City Ccl. For serv Local Govt. Baring, Nicholas Hugo, For charitable serv, especly to Heritage. Blackburn, Peter Hugh, Presdt, Food and Drink Federation. For serv the Food and Drink ind. Brannigan, Oliver, For publ serv. Broadhurst, Robin Shedden, European chm of Jones Lang LaSalle. For serv the Property Advisory Group. Brown, Paul Campbell, Chief exec, Commercial Radio Companies Association. For serv Radio Broadcasting. Burdus, Ms Julia Ann, For serv Commerce. Burnard, Hugh Carl, Head, Regional Business Services South, HM Customs and Excise. Burns, Ms Margaret, Commr, Health and Safety Commn. Clarke, Prof Michael, Lately Prof of Epidemiology, Univ of Leicester. For serv Public Health Medicine. Coates, Peter, Head, Pte Finance and Investment, Dept of Health. Coen, Prof Enrico Sandro, FRS, Prof of Plant Genetics, John Innes Centre. For serv Plant Genetics. Cope, Jonathan, Dancer. For serv Ballet. Court, David John, Lately Ch exec, Office of Govt Commerce Buying Solutions. Cox, Brian Denis, Actor and dir. For serv Drama. Crane, Alan Thomas, For serv the Movement for Innovation in the Construction ind. Davenport, Colin, Sen Civil Servant, MOD. Davies, Peter Thomas, Chief exec Offr, Pera. For serv Business Innovation. Davies, Thomas Gerald Reames, chm, Wales Youth Agency. For serv Young People and to Rugby in Wales. Day, Andrew Christopher King, QC, Lately Dep bailiff of Guernsey. For serv the Crown in Guernsey. Hedley-Dent, Mrs Gloria, Divisional mgr, Planning Legal Group, Office of the Dep Prime Minr. Dickson, David Robbie, Lately hd, Animal Health and Welfare Division, Scottish exec. Done, Frances, Chief exec, Manchester 2002. For serv the XVII Commwlth Games.

Eaves, Prof Laurence, FRS, Lancashire-Spencer Prof of Physics, Univ of Nottingham. For serv Solid State Physics. Fairweather, Clive Bruce, OBE, Lately HM ch insp of Prisons for Scotland. Foot, Michael David Kenneth Willoughby, mgg dir, Financial Services Authority. For serv Financial Regulation. Forbes, James Alexander, Lately Ch exec, Scottish and Southern Energy. For serv the Electricity ind. Gardner, Miss Rita Ann Moden, Dir, R Geographical Society. For serv Geography. Giffard, John William, QPM, Ch Const, Staffordshire Police. For serv the Police. Glover, Miss Jane Alison, Conductor. For serv Music. Goode, Stephen Martin John, Chief Probation Offr, Derbyshire. For serv the Probation Service. Grant, Malcolm, Lately chm, Local Govt Commn for Eng. For serv Planning Law and Local Govt. Greenhalgh, Colin Ayton, OBE, DL, Lately Principal, Hills Road Sixth Form College, Camb. For serv Further Educ. Gregory, Prof Michael John, Head, Inst for Manufacturing, Univ of Camb. For serv ind and Business. Groves, Melvyn, Field dir, East Midlands Region, Jobcentre Plus, Dept for Work and Pensions. Gwynn, Miss Heather Margaret, Task Force mgr, Cancer and Coronary Heart Disease, Dept of Health. Hanratty, Prof Mary Bridget, Head, Nursing and Midwifery Educ, Beeches Management Centre. For serv Nursing. Hardy, Donald William, Sen Civil Servant, MOD. Harrison, Stanley George, District Judge and pres, Association of District Judges. For serv the Administration of Justice. Hawkhead, Anthony Gerard, Chief exec, Groundwork. For serv the Environment. Hemingway, Mrs Ann Elizabeth, Member, Driver, Vehicle and Operator Agencies' Advisory Board. For serv the Public Sector. Henderson, Paul, Dir of Science, The Natural History Museum. For serv Museums. Hewitt, Mrs Penelope Ann, Sen District Judge. For serv the Administration of Justice. Hinchliffe, Mrs Suzanne, Dir of Nursing, Barnsley NHS Trust. For serv Nursing. Houliston, Walter John, Chief exec, Dairy Crest plc. For serv the Dairy Processing ind. Humphreys, Prof Colin John, Goldsmiths Prof of Material Science, Univ of Camb. For serv Science as a Researcher and Communicator. Humphreys, Michael Thomas, Lately Headteach, Our Lady and St John RC High School, Blackburn. For serv Educ. Ironside, Leonard, Leader, Aberdeen City Ccl. For serv Local Govt and to the commty. James, Mrs Lesley, For serv the Partnership at Work Assessment Panel. Jones, Hywel Gwyn, Lately Sen Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cardiff. For serv Business in Wales. Jones, Mrs Joan, Dir, Management and Member Services, Local Govt Association. For serv Local Govt. Bruce Jones, Tom Allan, chm, James Jones & Sons Ltd. For serv Forestry. Jones, Prof Trevor Mervyn, Dir gen, Association of the Brit Pharmaceutical ind. Kenyon, Christopher George, For serv Higher and Specialist Educ.

Lawrence, Charles Anthony, Dir, Wincanton plc. For serv the Transport ind. Lehmann, Peter Julian, chm, Energy Saving Trust and chm, Fuel Poverty Advisory Group. For serv the Gas and Energy ind and its Customers. Lehner, Thomas, Chair, Basic and Applied Immunology, Univ of London. For serv Oral Immunology and Dental Health. Lowe, Ms Janet, Principal, Lauder College. For serv Further Educ. Male, Peter Royston, Chief exec, Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust. For serv the NHS. Martin, Mrs Louise Livingstone, chm, Commwlth Games Ccl for Scotland. For serv the Commwlth Games. Masefield, Robin Charles, For publ serv. McCracken, Robert Milligan, For publ serv. McFarlane, Mrs Mary Christina, Dir, Nursing and Patient Care, Stoke Mandeville Hospital. For serv the NHS. McLaren, William Pollock, OBE, For serv Sports Broadcasting. McTavish, Mrs Linda Jane Andrews, Principal, Anniesland College. For serv Further Educ. Metcalfe, Michael, Principal Insp, Inland Revenue. Murray, Robert Sydney, For serv Sunderland Football Club and to the commty. Myners, Paul, For serv Innovation in the Financial Sector. Nove, Perry Richard, QPM, Lately commr, City of London Police. For serv the Police. Owens, Prof David Raymond, Dir, Diabetes Research Unit, College of Medicine, Univ of Wales. For serv the NHS, partic in the Field of Diabetes. Portes, Prof Richard David, Prof of Economics, London Business School. For serv Economics. Powles, Prof Raymond Leonard, Head, Leukaemia and Myeloma Units, R Marsden Hospital. For serv Haemato-Oncology. Powles, Prof Trevor James, Consultant Medical Oncologist, R Marsden Hospital. For serv Oncology. Pritchard, John Alun Vaughan, Lately ch Scientific Adviser, National Assembly for Wales. Quarmby, David Anthony, chm, Brit Tourist Authority. Raine, Robert Stanley, Head, Commwlth Games Division, Dept for Culture, Media and Sport. Ramshaw, Miss Wendy Anne Jopling, OBE, Designer. For serv Art. Reason, James Tootle, For serv Reducing the Risk in Healthcare. Rees, Geoffrey, Headteach, Ivybridge commty College, Devon. For serv Educ. Rees, Prof Teresa Lesley, Prof, Social Sciences, Univ of Cardiff. For serv Higher Educ and to Equal Opportunities. Ritchie, Ian Cleland, Board Member, Scottish Enterprise. For serv Enterprise and Learning. Rooney, Mrs Maureen Gowran, OBE, National Women's Offr, Amalgamated Engineering & Electrical Union. For serv ind Relations. Ryan, David, Circuit Administrator, Western Circuit, Lord Chancellor's Dept.

Sainsbury, Anya (Linden), Lady Sainsbury of Preston Candover, For serv Arts Educ and Ballet. Saunders, Michael Joseph, Dir, Consumer Affairs, Ofwat. For serv the Water ind. Shaikh, Khvaja Kabiroddin, Lately dir of Educ, Bournemouth Local Educ Authority. For serv Educ. Shapcott, Ms Jo, Poet. For serv Literature. Whittam Smith, Andreas, lately pres of the Brit Board of Film Classification. For serv the Film ind. Smith, Terence, Sen Civil Servant, MoD. Fryer-Spedding, John Henry, OBE, DL, chm, Cumbria commty Foundation. For serv the commty in Cumbria. Stark, Ms Victoria, Chief exec, Look Ahd Housing and Care. For serv Homeless People in London. Styles, Brian, Principal, City of Bristol College. For serv Further Educ. Tait, Richard Graham, lately Editor-in-ch, Independent Television News. For serv News Broadcasting. Newman Taylor, Prof Anthony John, OBE, For serv the ind Injuries Advisory Ccl. Terfel, Bryn, Singer. For serv Opera. Tiley, Prof John, Prof, Law of Taxation, Univ of Camb. For serv Tax Law. Trimble, Prof Elisabeth, Prof of Clinical Biochemistry, Queen's Univ, Belfast. For serv Pathology. Tumim, Winifred Letitia, Lady, OBE, For serv the Voluntary Sector. Wilson, Edward Brice, chm, Ulster Carpet Mills Ltd. For serv Business and to the commty in Northern Ireland. Wylie, Andrew William Graham, Co-Founder and mgg dir, Sage Group plc. For serv the Software ind. Wynne, Graham Robert, Chief exec, R Society for the Protection of Birds. For serv Nature Conservation.