OBEs A - I

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, CIVIL

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

OBE
Mrs Hazel Abbott. Former Headteacher, St Cuthbert with St Matthias Church of England Primary School, Kensington and Chelsea, London. For services to Education. (London, SW20) Richard John Adams. For services to the Promotion of Ethical Trading. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
David Adlington. Pay Band F, Lord Chancellor's Department. (Amesbury, Wiltshire)
Professor Peter John Aggett. For services to the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes. (Preston, Lancashire)
Mrs Morag Alexander. Director, Equal Opportunities Commission, Scotland. For services to Equal Opportunities. (Glasgow)
Capt Colin George Allen. For services to the National Historic Ships Committee. (Portsmouth, Hampshire)
Mrs Eileen Anderson. Headteacher, Carreghofa Primary School, Powys. For services to Education. (Llanymynach, Powys)
Miss Rowena Arshad. Director, Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland. For services to Race Equality. (Edinburgh)
Mrs Alison Austin. Head, Environmental and Technical Communications, J Sainsbury plc. For services to the Environment and to Sustainable Development. (Leatherhead, Surrey)
David Brian Baker. Archaeologist. For services to the conservation of the Historic Environment. (Bletsoe, Bedfordshire)
John Joseph Ballance. Project manager, Wellcome Wing. For services to the Science Museum. (Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire)
Mrs Maureen Bampton. Headteacher, Erddig Nursery School, North Wales. For services to Education. (Marford, Wrexham)
Ms Caroline Mary Barker. For services to Videcom and to Small and Medium Businesses in China. (Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire)
Murray Barnes, TD. For Public Service. (Helen's Bay, Down)
William Jeffery Bartlett. Lately director-General, Paper Federation of Great Britain. For services to the Paper Industry. (Chippenham, Wiltshire)
John Michael Beaumont. Seigneur. For services to the community on Sark. (Sark, Channel Islands)
Mrs Elaine Bedford. Lately Operations director, English Tourist Board. For services to Tourism. (Pickering, North Yorkshire)
Andrew Collings Beer. Principal Establishment and Finance Officer, Government Actuary's Department. (Byfleet, Surrey)
Sewsunker Awath-Behari, JP. For services to the community in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. (Bridgnorth, Shropshire)
Miss Floella Benjamin. Chairman, BAFTA. For services to Broadcasting. (London, SW2)
Donald John Bennet. Former chairman, Scottish Rights of Way Society. For services to Countryside and Mountain Access. (Bearsden, Dunbartonshire)
David Hywel Bennett. Former Principal, Sackville Community College, East Grinstead, West Sussex. For services to Education. (Bolney, West Sussex)
Stephen Hamilton Best. For services to Industry, Enterprise, Education and Training in Gwent. (Lisvane, Cardiff)
Professor Helen Bevan. Redesign director, National Patients' Access Team. For services to the NHS. (Queniborough, Leicestershire)
Bimal Kanti Bhowmick. Consultant Physician. For services to Geriatric Medicine in Wales. (St Asaph, Denbighshire)
Peter Giles Biddle. Principal, P. G. Biddle Arboricultural Consultants. For services to Arboriculture and to the Environment. (Wantage, Oxfordshire)
Miss Dorothy Birchall. For services to the League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Matthew Christopher Bourne. Choreographer and Artistic director, Adventures in Motion Pictures. For services to Dance. (London, N1)
Professor Brian Arthur Bridges. For services to the Cellular Effects of Radiation. (Ringmer, East Sussex)
Geoffrey Brindle. Lately Grade 7, Home Office. (Cheam, Surrey)
Capt James Armour Brown. R.D. For services to the Order of St John in Scotland. (Bothwell, Glasgow)
John Logan Ian Brown. Officer in Charge, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Belfast)
Pearl Holmes Brown. Chief executive, Riverside Community Health Care Trust. For services to Health Care in London. (London, N1)
Michael John Bunce. Lately Executive director, Royal Television Society. For services to Broadcasting. (Hampton Hill, Middlesex)
Michael Howard Butler. For services to the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme. (Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire)
Ian Charles Canadine. For services to the Institute of Logistics and Transport. (Lyddington, Rutland)
Mrs Jacqueline Cannon. Director of Research, Construction Forecasting and Research Ltd. For services to the Construction Industry and to the Housing Sector. (Chelsworth, Suffolk)
Professor Barry Carpenter. Principal/chief executive, Sunfield Independent Special School. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs. (Nr Stourbridge, Worcestershire)
Mrs Helen Carroll. Special Needs Midwife, South Manchester NHS Trust. For services to Homeless Women. (Manchester, Greater Manchester)
Miss Sally Cartwright. Publishing director, HELLO!. For services to the Periodical Publishers' Association. (Broad Hinton, Wiltshire)
Andrew John Cash. Chief executive, Northern General Hospital NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire)
Mrs Sylvia Christine Cave. National vice-president, Girls' Brigade in England and Wales. For services to Young People. (Romsey, Hampshire)
William Henry Rymer Cayton. Chief executive, Alzheimer's Society. For services to People with Dementia. (London, W10)
Frederick Chambers, JP. For services to the Royal Naval Association. (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear)
Reginald Chapman. Principal, Blackpool and the Fylde College, Lancashire. For services to Further Education. (Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire)
Rakesh Chopra. General Medical Practitioner, Northumberland. For services to Health Care. (Morpeth, Northumberland)
Victor George Spencer, Viscount Churchill. For services to the Church of England's Central Board of Finance. (London, W1H)
Andrew George Clark. Nuclear Safety and Quality director, Devonport Management Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Nr Plymouth, Devon)
Professor Leslie Arthur Clark. Professor of Structural Engineering, University of Birmingham. For services to Structural Engineering Research. (Solihull, West Midlands)
John Jeremy Cockburn. Operations director, Canada, BAe Systems. For services to the Defence Industry. (Cockburns Path, Berwickshire)
Mrs Margaret MacFarlane Collinson, JP. For services to Agriculture and to the community. (Belfast)
Calum Munro Colvin. Artist/Photographer. For services to the Visual Arts. (Portobello, Edinburgh)
Frederick Comber. Consultant, RSPCA. For services to Animal Welfare. (Horsham, West Sussex)
Timothy John Connolly. Chairman, Connolly Leather Ltd. For services to the Leather Tanning Industry. (Sevenoaks, Kent)
Mrs Marilyn Ann Cooke. HM Inspector of Schools, Office for Standards in Education. For services to Education, particularly the improvement of Schools. (Bury, Lancashire)
John Cullen. For services to Dentistry. (London)
Alan Cunningham. Grade B2, Ministry of Defence. (Bath, Somerset)
Professor Charles David Curtis. Chairman, Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee. For services to Environmental Protection. (Hope, Derbyshire)
Professor Stanley Dagg. For services to Waste Management. (Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire)
Mrs Margaret Frances Dalton. Farmer. For services to Agriculture and to the community in Ceredigion. (Ceredigion, Dyfed)
Aman Dalvi. Chief executive, Ujima Housing Association. For services to Housing. (Wembley, Middlesex)
Jim Davidson. Entertainer. For charitable services. (Nr Dorking, Surrey)
Professor Bleddyn Pryce Davies. Lately director, Personal Social Services Research Unit. For services to Social Science and Policy. (Canterbury, Kent)
Richard Gordon Derwent. Grade 1B, Meteorological Office, Ministry of Defence. (Newbury, Berkshire)
Mrs Margaret Watt Dick. For services to the Institute of Chartered Foresters. (Edinburgh)
Thomas Andrew Divers. Chief executive, Lanarkshire Health Board. For services to the NHS in Scotland. (Lenzie, Dunbartonshire)
Geoffrey Arnold Dobson. For services to the Association of chief Officers of Probation. (London, N10)
Thomas Bernard Docherty. General Medical Practitioner, County Durham. For services to Health Care. (Durham City, Durham)
Robert Dover. Grade 6, Department of Social Security. (Shipley, West Yorkshire)
John Alan Drew. Branch Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service. (Bristol)
Angus Dunphy. Headteacher, Fitzalan High School, Cardiff. For services to Education. (Dinas Powys, The Vale of Glamorgan)
John Charles Neville Dyckhoff. Director of Catering, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police and the Hospitality Industry. (Edgware, Middlesex)
Geoffrey Morton Edmondson. For services to Schools' Sport. (Exmouth, Devon)
Mrs Ann Elliott. Headteacher, Horton Grange County First School, Blyth, Northumberland. For services to Education. (Morpeth, Northumberland)
Mrs Anita Georgina English. Director, Thames Valley Enterprise Board. For services to Training for Disadvantaged People. (Chesham, Buckinghamshire)
David Meirion Evans. Lately General secretary, Prison Officers' Association. For services to Employment Relations. (Ammanford, Dyfed)
Dennis Henry Evans. Grade 7, Home Office. (Windsor, Berkshire)
Mrs Gillian Farnsworth. District manager, Employment Service, Department for Education and Employment. (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire)
Robert Thomas Ferris. For services to the Fishing Industry. (Islandmagee, Antrim)
Robert William Foot. Grade B2, Ministry of Defence. (Wisbech, Cambridgeshire)
Mrs Clara Freeman. Chairman, Opportunity Now. For services to Women in the Workforce. (London, W2)
Mary Ellen Eugenie, Lady Fretwell. Chairman, Passports for Pets. For services to Pet Owners and to Animal Welfare. (London, SW18)
Professor Erwin Gabathuler, FRS. For services to Physics. (Lymm, Cheshire)
Denis Patterson Galway. For services to the Harbour Industry. (Larne, Antrim)
Ian Malcolm Gardiner. Deputy director general, National Farmers' Union. For services to Agriculture. (Harrow, Middlesex)
Alan Garner. Author. For services to Children's Literature. (Cheshire)
Stephen Cokayne Gibbs. Member, Deer Commission for Scotland. For services to Deer Management. (Isle of Arran, Ayrshire and Arran)
John Martin Gill. Chief Scientist, RNIB. For services to Information Technology for Partially Sighted People. (Iver, Buckinghamshire)
Professor Lynn Faith Gladden. For services to Chemistry. (Landbeach, Cambridgeshire)
Donald Grant, QFSM. Commandant, Scottish Fire Service Training School. (Lentran, Inverness)
Roger Greenaway. Composer. For services to Popular Music. (London, W1X)
Miss Patricia Mary Greenhalgh. For services to Evidence Based Medical Care. (London, N3)
Miss Miriam Greenwood, DL. Director and chief Operating Officer, British Linen Advisers. For services to Corporate Finance. (London, EC1Y)
Peter Leslie Griffin. For services to School Governors in Cardiff. (Barry, South Glamorgan)
Laurence David Gruer. Member, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, and Scottish Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse. For services to Public Health Medicine. (Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire)
Peter Gurney. Officer in Charge, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Windsor, Berkshire)
Miss Elizabeth Ann Gyngell. Head of Division, Health Directorate, Health and Safety Executive, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. (Richmond, Surrey)
David John Haines. Managing director, Warwickshire Careers Service. For services to Young People and to Employers. (Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire)
Miss Barbara Ann Hakin. Chief executive, Bradford South and West Primary Care Trust. For services to the NHS. (Keighley, West Yorkshire)
Ian Hamer, JP. Chair, Air Transport Users' Council. For services to Air Travellers. (Barry, The Vale of Glamorgan)
David John Harper, MVO. Chief Fire Officer, Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the Fire Service. (Reading, Berkshire)
Keith William Harwood. Grade 7, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. (Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex)
Mrs Reatha Rachel Hassan. For services to the community. (Markethill, Armagh)
Ian Hay. Chief executive, Scottish Association of Master Bakers. For services to Vocational Education and Training. (Edinburgh)
Maurice Eugene Healy. Chairman, Insurance Ombudsman Bureau Council. For services to Consumers. (London, N10)
Miss Katherine Anne Henderson. Principal Auditor, National Audit Office. (Slovenia)
Harold Derek Hepworth, JP. For services to the Administration of Justice in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
Derek John Higgins. For services to the community, especially Young People in Essex. (Romford, Essex)
David Hirst. Engineering director, Wardle Storeys. For services to the Defence Industry. (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan)
Miss Claire Alison Holder. Chief executive, Notting Hill Carnival Trust. For services to the Arts. (London, W10)
Ms Diana Holland. National Organiser for Women, Race and Equalities, TGWU. For services to Equal Opportunities in Employment. (London, N7)
Martin Hopkins. For services to Sports Broadcasting. (Ickenham, Middlesex)
Graham Wallis John Hoskin. Investigation Officer, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Solihull, West Midlands)
Miss Ruth Mary Hussey. Director of Public Health, Liverpool Health Authority. For services to Health Care. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Jocelyn Elizabeth Anne Imrie. For services to the NHS in Scotland, especially Cervical Screening. (Lenzie, Dunbartonshire)
Professor Eric William Ives. For services to History and to the University of Birmingham. (Warwick, Warwickshire)