Honours creating Officers of the British Empire, surnames A to M.
OBE
Miss Helen Folasade Adu (Sade). Singer. For services to Popular Music. (London, W1F)
Caryl Edward Agard. Director, Progress Trust. For services to Training. (Preston, Lancashire)
Alan Aikin. Founder and chairman, Whirlow Hall Farm Trust, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. For
services to Education. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
Khizar Humayun Ansari. Director, Centre of Ethnic Minority Studies, Royal Holloway College,
University of London. For services to Higher Education. (Windsor, Berkshire)
Mrs Fiona Baikie. Principal, Telford College, Edinburgh. For services to Further Education.
(Edinburgh)
Professor Richard Baker. Director, Clinical Governance Research and Development Unit,
University of Leicester. For services to Clinical Audit in Health Care. (Oakham,
Leicestershire)
Mrs Maureen Teresa Banbury. Member, HM Inspectorate, Office for Standards in Education.
(Stockport, Cheshire)
Ian Anderson Bannatyne. Governor in Charge, HM Prison Zeist, Netherlands, Scottish Prison
Service. (Livingston, Lothian)
Karna Dev (Chandhu) Bardhan. Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Rotherham General
Hospital, Rotherham, South Yorkshire. For services to Gastroenterology.
Geoffrey Robert Bateman. For services to the Environment. (Exeter, Devon)
Jeremy James Balfe Bennett. Formerly vice president, Academy of Food and Wine Service. For
services to the Wine Trade. (Sherborne, Dorset)
Roger Charles Berry. For services to the community in Guernsey. (Guernsey, Channel Islands)
Mrs Reba Bhaduri. For services to Social Work. (Manchester, Greater Manchester)
Prasanta Ranjan Bhowmik. General Medical Practitioner, Newham, London. For services to Health
Care. (London, E18)
Mrs Wendy Patricia Bines. Head of Radiation Protection Policy, Health and Safety Executive,
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (South Nutfield, Surrey)
Jeffery Blumenfeld. For services to Marriage and Relationship Support. (London, NW4)
Professor Margaret Ann Boden. Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, University of Sussex.
For services to Cognitive Science. (Brighton, East Sussex)
Ms Susan Elaine Bonfanti. Head, Urban Policy 1 Division, Department for Transport, Local
Government and the Regions. (Richmond, Surrey)
Martin Maurice Brandon-Bravo. For services to rowing. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
Martin James Brebner. Assistant director, Consumer Goods, Business and Postal Services
Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry. (Letchworth, Hertfordshire)
Ms Wozzy Brewster. For services to Youth Arts. (London, SE13)
Henry Brown, MBE. For services to the Commando Association. (Ruislip, Middlesex)
Professor Sara Ann Brown. Deputy Principal, University of Stirling. For services to
Educational Research. (Bridge of Allan, Stirling and Falkirk)
Mrs Sheila Ann Brown. Chief executive, Birth Defects Foundation. For services to Child
Health. (Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire)
Michael Buckby. For services to Foreign Language Studies. (York, North Yorkshire)
Percival Stephen Cairns, MBE. For services to the Far East Prisoners of War Association.
(Bridgwater, Somerset)
Cecil, Lady Cameron. For services to Save the Children. (London, SW10)
Mrs Janis Linda Cammell. Head of Policy, Administration and Finance Section, Invest UK,
Department of Trade and Industry. (London, W6)
Douglas Alexander Campbell. For services to Mobility for Disabled People. (Milton Keynes,
Buckinghamshire)
Hector Bryson Chawla. Formerly consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Princess Alexandra Eye
Pavilion, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. For services to Medicine. (Edinburgh)
Stephen Paul Clark. Head, Infrastructure Division, Cabinet Office. (Brentford, Middlesex)
Roy Clarke. Writer. For services to Comedy Drama. (London, W11)
Reginald Charles Colman. Chairman, Kent European Youth Association. For services to Young
People. (Deal, Kent)
Emmanuel Cooper. Potter. For services to Art. (London, NW1)
George Nicholas Corah, DL. For services to the Heart of the National Forest Foundation. (Nr
Oakham, Leicestershire)
Alan Harcourt Craig. Executive director, Babtie Group. For services to Transportation.
(Giffnock, Renfrewshire)
James Strachan Cruickshank. Seed Potato Grower. For services to the Potato Industry.
(Inverurie, Aberdeenshire)
Miss Elizabeth Dendy, MBE. For services to Sport for Disabled People. (London, W4)
Mrs Barbara Elaine Dennis. For services to One Northeast and to Regional Development.
(Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
Anthony Depledge. Development director, Arriva Passenger Services Limited. For services to
Public Transport. (Lytham St Annes, Lancashire)
Miss Barbara Dickson. For services to Music and Drama. (Swinhope, Lincolnshire)
Brian John Dinsdale. Chief executive, Hartlepool Borough Council. For services to
Regeneration. (Middlesbrough, Cleveland)
Mrs Ann Douglas. Formerly Headteacher, Balham Nursery School, Wandsworth, London. For
services to Special Needs Education. (London, SW18)
Christopher Dowling. Director of Public Services, Imperial War Museum. For services to
Museums. (London, SW4)
Miss Heather Louise Drabble. Chief Nurse, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, South
Yorkshire. For services to Health Care. (High Peak, Derbyshire)
Mrs Bridget Drew. Formerly director, ADAS Consulting Ltd. For services to the Dairy Industry.
(Basingstoke, Hampshire)
John Walter Dring. For services to Kids VIP. (Chinnor, Oxfordshire)
Mrs Barbara Duffner. Chairman, Children's Hospice Association and of the Careers Review
Committee. For services to Young People. (Biggar, Lanarkshire)
David Richard Ellis. Director, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Watford, Hertfordshire)
Roger Ian Elphick. Head, Highway Management Services, Durham County Council. For services to
Highways and Transportation. (High Shincliffe, Durham)
David Hugh Evans. Director for Security, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Telford, Shropshire)
Mark Robert Fairbairn. Director of UK Strategy, National Grid. For services to the
Electricity Industry. (Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire)
Herbert Faulkner. For services to Education and to the community. (Londonderry)
Max Herbert Gustavas Faulkner. For services to Golf. (Pulborough, West Sussex)
Professor Neil Ferguson. For services to Epidemiology and the Control of Infectious Diseases.
(Witney, Oxfordshire)
Paul Finch. For services to Architecture. (London, SW12)
David John Fisher. For services to the Essex Local Flood Defence Committee. (Southminster,
Essex)
Michael Frederick Clive FitzGerald, QC. For services to the Planning Inspectorate and to
Standards. (Nr Marlborough, Wiltshire)
Baron Anthony Ronald Kendall Foster. South West Personnel Unit, Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs. (Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol)
Leslie Cyril Frost. For services to the Normandy Veterans' Association. (Hindhead, Surrey)
James Edward Fryer. Headteacher, Fox Hill Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. For
services to Special Needs Education. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
Keith Patrick Lee Fullagar. Technical director, Rolls Royce plc. For services to the Defence
Industry. (Doveridge, Derbyshire)
Mrs Yvonne Jean Gallacher. Chief executive, Money Advice Scotland. For services to
Disadvantaged Communities. (Clerkston, Renfrewshire)
Abdul Rashid Gatrad. Head, Paediatrics Department, Manor Hospital, West Midlands. For
services to Paediatrics and to Ethnic Minority communities. (Walsall, West Midlands)
Owain Morris Gibby. Consultant Diabetologist, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport. For services to
Medicine. (Usk, Monmouthshire)
Mrs Elizabeth Gillies. For services to Nursing in Scotland. (Edinburgh)
Quintin Goldie. For services to Economic Development. (Banbridge, Down)
Bryan Grenfell. For services to Epidemiology and the Control of Infectious Diseases.
(Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)
Clive Grimwood. Formerly Principal, Bacon's College, Southwark, London. For services to
Education. (Lutterworth, Leicestershire)
Manmohan Singh Gujral. Chief executive, Presentation Housing Association. For services to
Housing. (Isleworth, Middlesex)
Mrs Christine Hammill. Formerly Co-ordinator, Tyneside Cyrenians. For services to Homeless
People. (Fenwick, Northumberland)
Peter Hanley. Head, Local Strategic Partnerships, Government Office for the North East,
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Chester Le Street, Durham)
David Harding. Formerly head of Sculpture and Environmental Art, Glasgow School of Art. For
services to Higher Education. (Glasgow)
Walter Edward Harley. For services to the Royal Air Forces Association. (Halesowen, West
Midlands)
Miss Mary Ann Rose Harris. For services to the Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets. (London, SE2)
Mrs Hilary Ruth Harrison. For public service. (Bangor, Down)
Peter Heaf. For services to the Royal British Legion. (Wallingford, Oxfordshire)
Ms Isabel Bisset Henderson. For services to Art of the Pictish Period. (Tain, Ross and
Cromarty)
John Downie Herd. Chairman, Accord Hospice. For services to the community in Paisley,
Renfrewshire. (Paisley, Renfrewshire)
Ms Patricia Holden. Senior Social Development Adviser, Department for International
Development. (Switzerland)
Miss Sandra Robson Hood. Assistant chief Constable, Strathclyde Police. For services to the
Police. (Alloway, Ayrshire and Arran)
Mrs Denise Howard. For services to Tourism in Yorkshire. (York, North Yorkshire)
Peter Gordon Hudson. Formerly Headteacher, Southgate School and Salisbury School, Enfield,
London. For services to Education. (Orpington, Kent)
Nasser Hussain. For services to Cricket. (Chelmsford, Essex)
Mrs Susan Elizabeth Ion. Executive director, Technology and Operations, BNFL. For services to
the Nuclear Industry. (Leyland, Lancashire)
Alexander John Rennie Izat. Chairman, Moredun Research Institute. For services to
Agriculture. (Berwick-upon-Tweed, Berwickshire)
David Jackson. For services to the Telecommunications Industry. (Offenham, Worcestershire)
Leonard Christopher Jackson. Chairman, Nottingham Common Purpose. For services to the New
Deal. (Nr Newark, Nottinghamshire)
Professor Martin John Jarvis. Principal Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research Fund. For
services to Smoking Research. (London, SE22)
Mrs Jean Sandra Jenkinson. For services to the Birmingham Early Years Development and
Childcare Partnership. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Geraint Morgan Jeremiah. Consultant Physician, Neath General Hospital, Swansea. For services
to Medicine. (Swansea)
Moussa Jogee, MBE, JP. Deputy Chair, Commission for Racial Equality Scotland. For services to
Race Equality. (Dalgety Bay, Fife)
Capt Philip Johanson. Chief secretary. For services to the Church Army. (London, SE3)
Colin Johnson. Plant manager, Ford Motor Company. For services to Industry in South Wales.
(Cathays, Cardiff)
Francis James Johnston. For public service. (Belfast)
Bernard William Richard Jones. For services to Business and to the community in South Wales.
(Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan)
Brian Anthony Jones. Formerly Headteacher, St John's Roman Catholic Comprehensive School,
Bishop Auckland, County Durham. For services to Education and to the community. (Durham)
Professor Julian David Clayton Jones. Professor of Engineering Optics and head of the
Department of Physics, Heriot-Watt University, and director, Opto Sci Limited. For services
to Science and Engineering. (West Linton, Tweeddale)
Professor Heather Evelyn Joshi. Professor of Economic Demography, Institute of Education. For
services to Women's Issues.
Miss Wasfi Kani. Founder, Pimlico Opera and Grange Park Opera. For services to Music.
(London, NW5)
Iain Manning Kennedy. Chair, Church and Co. For services to the Footwear Industry.
(Northampton, Northamptonshire)
Donald Edward Kent. Inspector, HM Fire Service Inspectorate. For services to the Fire
Service. (Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire)
Samuel Robert Keown. Chairman, Beta Technology Ltd. For services to Technology Transfer and
to Regional Development. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire)
Ms Ann Julia Kettle. Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, University of St. Andrews. For
services to Higher Education. (St Andrews, Fife)
Ms Nicolette King. Managing director, Isuzu Trucks UK Ltd. For services to the Road Transport
Industry. (Rochester, Kent)
David Robert Samuel Kingan, DL. For services to the St. John Ambulance Brigade. (London)
Ms Francesca Marilyn Simone Klug. Senior Research Fellow, Human Rights Centre, London School
of Economics. For services to Civil Justice and Human Rights. (London, N8)
Miss Jennifer Anne Knight. Specialist Policy Officer, Equal Opportunities Unit, Department
for Education and Skills.
John Marriott Knight. Regional Architect, Historic Scotland. (Edinburgh)
Mrs Janis Kong. For services to Transport and to Regional Development in South East England.
(Walton-on-Thames, Surrey)
Ms Verity Ann Lambert. For services to Film and Television Production. (London, W11)
Miss Sarah Caroline Leigh. For services to the Legal Profession. (London, EC2Y)
Barry Linton. Grade 7, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (Reading,
Berkshire)
William Hagan Lockhart. For services to the Voluntary Sector. (Holywood, Down)
Alastair Douglas Wollaston Logan. For services to Justice. (Guilford, Surrey)
Mrs Frances Love. Director, Couple Counselling Scotland. For services to Marriage Guidance.
(Edinburgh)
Professor Roy Anthony Lowe. Professor of Education, University of Wales, Swansea. For
services to Teacher Training in Wales. (Mumbles, Swansea)
Mrs Janet Smith Lumsden. Headteacher, Kirkhill Primary School, Broxburn, West Lothian. For
services to Education. (Whitburn, West Lothian)
Brig John Alexander MacLean Macdonald, JP, DL. For services to the Soldiers', Sailors' and
Airmen's Families Association in Nottinghamshire. (Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire)
Mrs Gillian Claire Mackenzie. For services to the Association of chief Officers of Probation.
(Gloucester, Gloucestershire)
Ian Duncan Robertson MacNicol, DL. For services to the Country Land Owners' Association and
to Agriculture in Norfolk. (Melton Constable, Norfolk)
John Alan Mann. Clerk and Superintendent, London Central Markets. For services to Smithfield
Market and to Veterinary Medicine. (Norwich, Norfolk)
Ms Miriam Margolyes. Actress. For services to Drama. (London, SW4)
John Herd Martin. Grade 7, Department for Work and Pensions. (Paisley, Renfrewshire)
Miss Monica Mason. Assistant director, Royal Ballet. For services to Dance. (London, WC2E)
William Elson Matthews. For services to Aboriculture. (Penshurst, Kent)
William Samuel McChesney. For services to Industry. (Carrickfergus, Antrim)
Neil McClelland. Director, National Literacy Trust. For services to Education. (Dorking,
Surrey)
Mrs Elizabeth McClurg. For services to Education and to the community. (Craigavon, Armagh)
John St Clair McCormick. For services to Health Care in Dumfries and Galloway.
Patrick McHugh. For services to the St. Vincent de Paul Society. (Ballymena, Antrim)
Terence Peter McLoughlin. Director of Government Affairs, BAe plc. For services to the
Aerospace Industry. (Amersham, Buckinghamshire)
Mrs Deborah Mellor. Deputy head, NHS Employment Branch, Department of Health. (Otley, West
Yorkshire)
Alan Richard Mellors. Area manager, Highways Agency, Department for Transport, Local
Government and the Regions. (Ruislip, Middlesex)
Colin Millar. Member, Aberdeenshire Council. For services to Local Government.
(Aberdeenshire)
Professor Gordon Stewart Milne. Chairman, Scottish Valuation and Rating Council. For services
to Local Government. (Edinburgh)
Rodney Milnes. Chief Opera Critic, The Times. For services to Journalism and to Music.
(London, N6)
Philip Nigel Monk. Consultant, Communicable Disease Control. For services to Public Health.
(Leicester, Leicestershire)
James William Mullen. Formerly Governor, HM Prison Long Lartin, Prison Service. (Ossett, West
Yorkshire)
Mrs Debra Marie Murdock. Nurse manager, Rampton Hospital, Nottinghamshire. For services to
Health Care and to the Royal College of Nursing. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
Mrs Vanda Murray. Chief executive Officer, Blick plc. For services to Industry and to Export.
(Cirencester, Gloucestershire)
David Anthony Murtagh. Grade B1, Ministry of Defence. (Saffron Walden, Essex)