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Awards for New Year Honours List 2021 Awards for New Year Honours List 2021 / Order of the Companions of Honour Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour Sir David Alan CHIPPERFIELD CBE Architect, David Chipperfield Architects. For services to Architecture (London, Greater London) / Order of the Bath Dames Commander of the Order of the Bath Lynne Gillian OWENS CBE QPM Director General, National Crime Agency. For service to Law Enforcement (Surrey Heath, Surrey) Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Professor Paul Anthony COSFORD CB Lately Emeritus Medical Director, Public Health England. For services to Public Health (Haynes, Bedfordshire) / Order of the British Empire Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Professor Karin Judith BARBER CBE FBA Centennial Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics. For services to the Study of African Culture (Birmingham, West Midlands) Joanna Gabrielle DA SILVA OBE Director, Arup Group Ltd. For services to Engineering and International, Sustainable Development (London, Greater London) Angela EAGLE MP Member of Parliament for Wallasey. For Parliamentary and Political Service (Wallasey, Merseyside) Professor Jane Alison GLOVER CBE Conductor and Musicologist. For services to Music (London, Greater London) Professor Rachel Susan GRIFFITH CBE FBA Economist. For services to Economic Policy and to Education (Stockport, Greater Manchester) Sheila Cameron HANCOCK CBE Actress. For services to Drama and to Charity (London, Greater London) Irene LUCAS-HAYS CBE For services to Training, to Education and to Young People (Whitburn, Tyne and Wear) / Caroline MASON CBE Chief Executive, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. For services to the Charity Sector, particularly during the Covid-19 response (London, Greater London) Patricia Ann MCGRATH MBE Make-up Artist. For services to the Fashion and Beauty Industry and to Diversity (London, Greater London) Professor Carol PROPPER CBE FBA Economist. For services to Economic Policy and to Public Health (London, Greater London) Alwen WILLIAMS CBE Chief Executive, Barts Health NHS Trust. For services to Leadership in the NHS (London, Greater London) / Knights Bachelor Knighthoods Richard James ATKINS CBE Lately Further Education Commissioner, Department for Education. For services to Further Education (Exeter, Devon) Professor Simon BARON-COHEN Professor of Autism Research, University of Cambridge. For services to People with Autism (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) Robert William CHOTE Lately Chairman, Office for Budget Responsibility. For services to Fiscal Policy and to the Economy (London, Greater London) The Right Honourable Thomas CLARKE CBE JP For Public and Political Service (Coatbridge, Lanarkshire) The Right Honourable Charles Geoffrey COX QC MP Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon. For Parliamentary and Political Service (Tavistock, Devon) Dr Stephen John DEUCHAR CBE Lately Director, Art Fund. For services to Art (Westwell, Kent) Professor Dieter Robin HELM CBE Chair, Natural Capital Committee. For services to the Environment, to Energy and to Utilities Policy (Bampton, Oxfordshire) Christopher Mark LE BRUN Lately President, Royal Academy. For services to the Arts (London, Greater London) / David John LEWIS Lately Chief Executive Officer, Tesco. For services to the Food Industry and to Business (London, Greater London) Professor Francis Gerard MCCORMAC FRSE Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Stirling. For services to Education and to the Economy (Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk) David Charles PEARSON CBE Lately Director of Adult Social Care, Nottinghamshire Council. For services to Health and Social Care Integration (West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire) Professor David Ian STUART FRS MRC Professor of Structural Biology, University of Oxford. For services to Medical Research and to the Scientific Community (Kidlington, Oxfordshire) David THOMPSON QPM DL Chief Constable, West Midlands Police. For services to Policing (Stockport, Greater Manchester) Graham VICK CBE Founder and Artistic Director, Birmingham Opera Company. For services to Music and to the Regions (London, Greater London) Peter Thomas WANLESS CB Chief Executive Officer, NSPCC. For services to Children, to Young People and to the Charitable Sector (Sevenoaks, Kent) Guy Howard WESTON For services to Philanthropy and to Charity (London, Greater London) / Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of the Bath Derek Alexander BAKER Permanent Secretary, Department of Education, Northern Ireland Executive. For public service (Belfast, County Down) Mark BOWMAN Director General, International, H.M. Treasury. For public service (London, Greater London) Fiona Caroline Gail CHAMBERLAIN Lately Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland. For public service (Newtownards, County Down) Katherine (Kata) Edda ESCOTT Strategy Director, Ministry of Defence. For public service (London, Greater London) Dr Josephine Maria FARRAR OBE Chief Executive Officer, H.M. Prison and Probation Service. For public service (Bath, Somerset) Daniel Isaac GREENBERG Counsel for Domestic Legislation, House of Commons. For services to Parliament (London, Greater London) Malini NEBHRAJANI Legal Director, Department for Health and Social Care Legal Advisers, Government Legal Department. For public service (London, Greater London) Gwyneth NURSE Director of Financial Services, HM Treasury. For public service / (London, Greater London) Kenneth MacRae ROBERTSON Digital Director, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Government Technology (Appley Bridge, Lancashire) / Order of the British Empire Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fayyaz AFZAL OBE Circuit Judge, England and Wales. For services to the Judiciary and to Diversity and Inclusion (Leicester, Leicestershire) Marcus Ambrose Paul AGIUS Lately Chairman, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. For services to Botany and to Conservation (London, Greater London) Timothy Richard ALLEN Prison Group Director, Manchester, Mersey and Cheshire, H.M. Prison and Probation Service. For public service (Todmorden, West Yorkshire) Thomas Eardley ALLISON For services to Scottish Business and to Charity (Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk) Professor Julian ANDERSON Composer. For services to Music (London, Greater London) Stephen BAGSHAW Chairman, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies. For services to the UK Manufacturing and Biotechnology Sector (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) Neville Alfred BAXTER President, Nottingham Conservatives. For political service (Bleasby, Nottinghamshire) / Professor Graeme BETTS Director of Adult Social Care, Birmingham City Council. For services to Adult Social Care (Rugby, Warwickshire) Professor Wendy Anne BICKMORE FRS FRSE Director, MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh. For services to Biomedical Sciences and to Women in Science (Edinburgh, Midlothian) Lucy Victoria BIRD Director, Transport Security, Resilience and Response, Department for Transport. For public service (Little Kingshill, Buckinghamshire) Timothy Charles Eltringham BROWN Chair, IDEO. For services to Design (Abroad, Abroad) Anthony Edward Tudor BROWNE Children's Author and Illustrator. For services to Literature (Canterbury, Kent) Professor Wendy Katherine BURN President, Royal College of Psychiatrists. For services to Mental Health (Ilkley, West Yorkshire) Professor Anthony Keith CAMPBELL Honorary Research Professor, School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University. For services to Biochemistry (Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan) Margaret Adela Miriam CARVER For services to Sport and to the Media Sector (Winchester, Hampshire) / Robert CHAMPION MBE Founder, Bob Champion Cancer Trust. For charitable services to Prostate and Testicular Cancer Research (Newmarket, Suffolk) Richard Graham CORBETT Lately Leader, European Parliamentary Labour Party. For European Parliamentary and Political Service (Shipley, West Yorkshire) Ilse Catherine CRAWFORD MBE Interior and Furniture Designer. For services to Design (London, Greater London) Marianne Saleisha CWYNARSKI Managing Director, Governance Office and Secretary, House of Commons Commission. For services to Parliament including leading the Covid-19 Response (London, Greater London) Peter DAWSON OBE Chief Executive and Secretary, Royal and Ancient Golf Club. For services to Golf (St Andrews, Fife) Barbara Helen DEAN Chief Executive Officer, Nest Corporation. For services to Pension Saving (Alnwick, Northumberland) William Barry DOUGLAS OBE Concert Pianist. For services to Music and to Community Relations in Northern Ireland (Lurgan, County Armagh) Professor Allister Ian FERGUSON FRSE Professor of Photonics, University of Strathclyde. For services to Science and to Industry (Balfron, Stirling and Falkirk) / Professor Ian Gardner FINLAY Consultant Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Professional Consultant, Health Workforce Directorate, Scottish Government. For services to Medical Education and Training (Kilconquhar, Fife) Sonia FLYNN Chief Probation Officer, National Probation Service. For public service (Rochester, Kent) Professor Bashabi FRASER For services to Education, to Culture and to Integration in Scotland (Edinburgh, Edinburgh) Caroline Jane GARDNER FRSE Lately Auditor General for Scotland. For services to the Scottish Public Sector (Edinburgh, Edinburgh) Dr Mina GOLSHAN Deputy Chief Inspector, Office for Nuclear Regulation. For services to Nuclear Regulation (Helsby, Cheshire) Professor Usha Claire GOSWAMI FBA Professor of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience, University of Cambridge. For services to Educational Research (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) Christopher
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