New Year Honours List 2012 � Knights Bachelor - Knighthoods Gerald ACHER CBE LVO � For charitable services. (Cobham, Surrey) Rodney ALDRIDGE, OBE � Chair, The Aldridge Foundation. For services to Young People. (London, WC2) Charles Lamb ALLEN, CBE � For services to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. (London, W14) John Alexander ARMITT, CBE � Chair, Olympic Delivery Authority. For services to Engineering and Construction. (London, SW1P) Peter Lytton BAZALGETTE � TV Producer. For services to Broadcasting. (London, W11) Michael David BEAR � Lately Lord Mayor, City of London. For services to Regeneration, Charity and the City of London. (London, N3) Professor Stephen Robert BLOOM � Head, Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Imperial College London. For services to Medical Science. (London, W12) Dr John Gordon St Clair BUCHANAN Chairman, Smith & Nephew plc. For services to Industry. (Oxted, Surrey) Professor Simon Kirwan DONALDSON Royal Society Professor of Mathematics, Imperial College London. For services to Mathematics. (Middlesex) Herbert Douglas ELLIS, OBE For charitable services. (Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands) 1 New Year Honours List 2012 Roger James GALE For public and political services. (Canterbury, Kent) Professor Andre Konstantin GEIM Professor of Physics, University of Manchester. For services to Science. (Sale, Greater Manchester) Geoffrey HALL Lately Principal and Chief Executive, New College Nottingham. For services to Further Education. (Beeston, Nottinghamshire) Professor Geoffrey William HILL Poet and Critic. For services to Literature. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) George IACOBESCU, CBE For services to Charity, Community and the Financial Services Industry. (London, W1K) Professor Diarmaid Ninian John MACCULLOCH Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford. For services to Scholarship. (Oxfordshire) Professor Konstantin NOVOSELOV Professor of Physics, University of Manchester. For services to Science. (Greater Manchester) Antonio PAPPANO Music Director, Royal Opera House. For services to Music. (London, WC2E) Professor Mark Brian PEPYS Professor of Medicine and Head of Medicine Division, University College London Medical School, Royal Free Hospital For services to Biomedicine. (London, NW11) Dr Venkatraman RAMAKRISHNAN Scientist, Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology. For services to Molecular Biology. (Granchester, Cambridgeshire) David Edward REID Lately Chairman, Tesco plc and Chairman, Kwik-Fit Group. For services to Business and to Charity. (Great Dunmow, Essex) 2 New Year Honours List 2012 Paul RUDDOCK � Philanthropist. For services to the Arts. (London, W11) Robert RUSSELL For public service. (Colchester, Essex) Professor John Gerald Patrick SISSONS Regius Professor of Physic, University of Patrick Cambridge. For services to Research and Education in Clinical Medicine. (Cambridgeshire) Professor Christopher Maxwell SNOWDEN � Vice-Chancellor, University of Surrey. For services to Engineering and to Higher Education. (Guildford, Surrey) Professor Robert Tony WATSON, CMG � Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (London, SW1P) Andrew WITTY � Chief Executive Officer, GlaxoSmithKline. For services to the Economy and to the UK Pharmaceutical Industry. (Buckinghamshire) 3 New Year Honours List 2012 Order of the Bath - Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath � Alexander Claud Stuart ALLAN Lately Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment. (East Midlands) Jeremy John HEYWOOD, CB CVO Permanent Secretary, No.10 Downing Street. (London, SW12) 4 New Year Honours List 2012 Order of the Bath - Companions of the Order of the Bath James BOWLER � Principal Private Secretary, No.10 (London, SW6) Andrew Peter HUDSON � Director General, Public Services, HM � Treasury. � (London, N5) Ms Catriona Wendy Campbell LAING � International Director, Justice Policy Group, Ministry of Justice. (London, SW12) Carol Patricia, Mrs MOORE � Lately Director, Justice Policy, Northern � Ireland Executive. � (Newtownards, Down) Richard Dixon MURRAY � Director, Financial Planning and � Allocations, Department of Health. � (London, SW17) Rachel, Mrs SANDBY-THOMAS � Solicitor and Director General, Legal People and Communications, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. (Nr Lodsworth, West Sussex) 5 New Year Honours List 2012 Order of the British Empire - Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire The Right Honourable Baroness Helene Valerie HAYMAN For services to the House of Lords. (London, SW1A) 6 New Year Honours List 2012 Order of the British Empire - Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Professor Glynis Marie BREAKWELL, DL Vice-Chancellor, University of Bath. For services to Higher Education. (Bath, Somerset) Moira, Mrs GIBB, CBE Lately Chief Executive, London Borough of Camden and Chair, Social Work Reform Board. For services to Local Government and Social Work. (London, SW15) Professor Judith Eileen HILL, CBE Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Hospice. For services to People receiving Palliative Care in Northern Ireland. (Holywood, Down) Penelope Margaret, Mrs LIVELY, CBE Author. For services to Literature. (London, N1) Miss Julie MOORE Chief Executive, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare. (Birmingham, West Midlands) Miss Sylvia MORRIS Headteacher, The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overy, Southwark, London. For services to Education. (London, CR4) Joan Mary RUDDOCK For public and political services. (London, SE3) 7 New Year Honours List 2012 Order of the British Empire - Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Dr Dannie ABSE Poet and Playwright. For services to Poetry and Literature. (London, NW11) Professor Mel AINSCOW Professor of Education, University of Manchester. For services to Education. (Greater Manchester) Robert ASSIRATI � Lately Director, Major Projects Authority, Cabinet Office (Tonbridge, Kent) Professor Madeleine Julia ATKINS � Vice-Chancellor, Coventry University. For services to Higher Education. (Kenilworth, Warwickshire) Professor Karin BARBER Professor of African Cultural Anthropology, University of Birmingham. For services to African Studies. (Birmingham, West Midlands) Catherine Elizabeth, Mrs BELL Deputy Secretary, Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland Executive. (Bangor, Down) Professor Dinesh Kumar Makhan Lai BHUGRA Lately President, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London. For services to Psychiatry. (London, SW2) Robert William BLACK Lately Auditor General for Scotland. (Callander, Stirling and Falkirk) Ms Helena BONHAM CARTER Actor. For services to Drama. (London, NW3) Andrew William BROWN � Lately Director-General of the Advertising Association. For services to the Advertising Industry. (Launceston, Cornwall) 8 New Year Honours List 2012 Keith Graham BUDGEN Lately Regional Director, South East Region, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, Ministry of Justice. (Oxfordshire) Professor Alan BUNDY Professor of Automated Reasoning, University of Edinburgh. For services to Computing Science. (Edinburgh) Dr Andrew BURNETT Deputy Director, British Museum. For services to the British Museum and Numismatics. (London, W2) Anthony Charles BURTON Chair of the Board of the Royal Court Theatre. For services to Theatre. (London, TW10) Kenneth CALEY, TD Chief Crown Prosecutor, Eastern Region, Crown Prosecution Service. (Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire) Alexander Charles, Lord CARLILE OF BERRIEW, QC Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, United Kingdom. For services to National Security. (London, N1) Professor Hilary Anne CHAPMAN Chief Nurse and Chief Operating Officer, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, South Yorkshire. For services to Nursing. (Barnsley, South Yorkshire) Charles Giles CLARKE Chair of the England and Wales Cricket Board. For services to Cricket. (Wrington, Somerset) Ms Denise COATES Founder and Chief Executive bet365. For services to the community and Business. (Betchon, Cheshire) Ronald Balfour CORBETT, OBE Entertainer. For services to Entertainment and to Charity. (London, CR0) 9 New Year Honours List 2012 Professor Jack CRANE State Pathologist, Northern Ireland State Pathologist's Department. For services to Forensic Pathology. (Belfast) Professor Naim Eliahou DANGOOR, OBE Philanthropist. For charitable services. (London, SW7) Edwin DAVIES, OBE Philanthropist. For charitable services. (Isle of Man) Ms Marion Clare DAVIS Director, Children, Young People and Families Directorate, Warwickshire County Council. For services to Children and Young People. (Southam, Warwickshire) Ms Fiona DAWE, OBE Lately Chief Executive Officer, YouthNet. For services to Volunteering. (London, BR1) Rona, Mrs FAIRHEAD Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Times Group. For services to UK Industry. (London, W11) Professor Peter Michael FIDLER, MBE Vice-Chancellor, University of Sunderland. For services to Higher Education. (Stanhope, Durham) David Jonathan FLINT Chief Executive, Oxford Instruments. For services to Business and Science. (Abingdon, Oxfordshire) Professor Clare Juliet FOWLER Consultant Uro-Neurologist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Uro-Neurology. (London, SW1P) Dr Gillian GREER, MNZM Lately Director General, International Planned Parenthood Federation. For services to International Health and Women's Rights. (New Zealand) 10 New Year Honours List 2012 Ms Jean GROSS England's Communication Champion for Children. For