A dozen people from across the north-east have been included in the New Years Honours list.
They join people from across the UK who have been recognised for their work to help others during the coronavirus pandemic.
This year’s list also features stars from the world of TV, music and sport, scientists, business people, diplomats, the emergency services and all branches of the military
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Gunther Alois Newcombe. Lately Director, Operations, Oil and Gas Authority. For services to the Oil and Gas Sector. (Bieldside, City of Aberdeen)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Emma Victoria Henderson. Co-founder, Project Wingman. For services to Charity during Covid-19. (Kinloss, Moray)
Ronald Alexander Loveland. For services to Foster Care in Moray. (Fochabers, Moray)
Joyce Margaret Loveland. For services to Foster Care in Moray. (Fochabers, Moray)
Vinaykant Ruparelia DL. For services to Local Enterprise, to Tourism and to the community in Portsoy, Banffshire. (Portsoy, Banffshire)
BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL
Desmond Victor James Cheyne. For services to the community in Banff during the Covid-19 Response. (Banff, Banffshire)
Jennifer Lee. Founder, Beulah Drop-In Café. For services to Art and to Social Inclusion in Aberdeenshire. (Alvah, Banffshire)
Mary Nelson. For services to Homeless People in Moray. (Kinloss, Moray)
Patricia Robins. For services to Charity and the community in Aberdeenshire. (Kemnay, Aberdeenshire)
Melanie Shand. For services to the Arts and to the community in Aberdeen during the Covid-19 Response. (Banchory, Aberdeenshire)
Jackie Stuart. Tour Guide, Peterhead Prison Museum. For services to Law and Order and to Cultural Heritage. (Peterhead, Aberdeenshire)
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Full list
ORDER OF THE COMPANIONS OF HONOUR
Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)
Sir David Alan Chipperfield CBE. Architect, David Chipperfield Architects. For services to Architecture. (London, Greater London)
ORDER OF THE BATH
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
Professor Paul Anthony Cosford CB. Lately Emeritus Medical Director, Public Health England. For services to Public Health. (Haynes, Bedfordshire)
Dames Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB)
Lynne Gillian Owens CBE QPM. Director General, National Crime Agency. For service to Law Enforcement. (Surrey Heath, Surrey)
ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
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)
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
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)
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 (CB)
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 Edda Escott. Strategy Director, Ministry of Defence. For public service. (London, Greater London)
Dr Josephine Maria Farrar OBE. Chief Executive Officer, HM 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)
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
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, HM 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.
Anthony Edward Tudor Browne. Children’s Author and Illustrator. For services to Literature. (Canterbury, Kent)
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)
Caroline Jane Gardner FRSE. Lately Auditor General for Scotland. For services to the Scottish Public Sector. (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 Montague Grigg. Chief Executive Officer, British Land. For services to Business, particularly during the Covid-19 response. (Harpenden, Hertfordshire)
Jane Elizabeth Guyett. Senior Independent Director, UK Government Investments. For public service to the Economy. (London, Greater London)
Paul Denniston Hackett. Chief Executive, Optivo. For services to Social Housing. (London, Greater London)
Professor Francesca Gabrielle Happé FBA. Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, King’s College London. For services to the Study of Autism. (London, Greater London)
Daniel John Harding. Conductor. For services to Music. (Abroad, Abroad)
Sean William Holland. Chief Social Work Officer, Department of Health, Northern Ireland Executive. For public service. (Belfast, County Antrim)
Mark Julian Hopwood. Managing Director, Great Western Railway. For services to Transport. (Didcot, Oxfordshire)
Emma Louise Jones MBE. Founder, Enterprise Nation. For services to Small Businesses and to Entrepreneurs. (London, Greater London)
Wasfi Kani OBE. Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Grange Park Opera. For services to Music. (London, Greater London)
Michael Ashton Kuhn. Lately Board Member, Northern Ireland Screen. For services to the Film Industry. (London, Greater London)
Michael Landy. Artist. For services to Art. (London, Greater London)
John Laramy. Principal, Exeter College. For services to Education. (Exeter, Devon)
Mark Alexander Larmour. Political Director, Northern Ireland Office. For services to the Peace Process in Northern Ireland. (Bangor, County Down)
Lesley Ann Manville OBE. Actress. For services to Drama and to Charity. (London, Greater London)
Bernard Francis McConville. Owner and Chair, MJM Group. For services to the Economy and to Charity in Northern Ireland. (Ballyward, County Down)
Lady Maureen Margaret Ann McGinn JP. Lately Chair, National Lottery Community Fund Scotland Committee. For services to Heritage and to a Civil Society. (Edinburgh)
Nigel John Newton. Founder, Bloomsbury Publishing. For services to the Publishing Industry. (London, Greater London)
Professor David Christopher Ormerod QC. Professor of Criminal Justice, University College London and Deputy High Court Judge and Lately Law Commissioner for Criminal Law, The Law Commission. For services to Criminal Justice. (London, Greater London)
Michelle Claire Ovens MBE. Founder, Small Business Britain and Chair, Small Business Charter Management Board. For services to Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs. (Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire)
Professor Edward William Peck. Vice-Chancellor, Nottingham Trent University. For services to Higher Education. (Dymock, Gloucestershire)
Preetha Ramachandran. Group Director, South East Universal Credit Operations, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to the Unemployed. (London, Greater London)
Paul Derek James Rimmer. Lately Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence. (Guildford, Surrey)
Patricia Ann Ritchie. Chief Executive, Newcastle City Council. For services to Local Government and to Public Service Reform. (Corbridge, Northumberland)
Richard Alan Ross. Chair, Rosetrees Trust. For services to Philanthropy during Covid-19. (London, Greater London)
Professor Sheila Rowan MBE FRS FRSE. Director, Institute for Gravitational Research and Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland. For services to Science. (Bearsden, Dunbartonshire)
Professor Raad Shakir. Professor of Neurology (Visiting), Imperial College London. For services to Global Neurology. (Pyrford, Surrey)
Russell James Shaw. Founder, Tech London Advocates. For services to Technology and to Business in London. (London, Greater London)
Professor Sembukuttiarachilage Ravi Pradip Silva. Director, Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey. For services to Science, to Education and to Research. (Camberley, Surrey)
Anthony Smith. Deputy Director, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence. (London, Greater London)
Mark Summerfield. Lately HR Director, Crown Prosecution Service. For public service. (Billingshurst, West Sussex)
His Honour Phillip Sycamore. Lately Circuit Judge, Tribunal Chamber President and Senior Commissioner, Judicial Appointments Commission. For public service. (Lytham, Lancashire)
Paul Alexander Terrington. Head of Consulting, PwC UK and EMEA and lately Regional Chair, PwC Northern Ireland. For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland. (Belfast)
Professor Andrew Stuart Thompson. Lately Executive Chair, Arts and Humanities Research Council. For services to Research. (Exeter, Devon)
Keith John Thompson. Lately Chief Executive Officer, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult. For services to Science and to Innovation. (Hitchin, Hertfordshire)
The Hon. Felicity Ann Waley-Cohen. Trustee, Robert And Felicity Waley-Cohen Charitable Trust. For services to Children’s Medicine. (Banbury, Oxfordshire)
Inga Marian Warren. Author and Co-director, Family Infant Neurodevelopment Education Programme. For services to the Care of Premature Babies. (London, Greater London)
Keith Charles Frederick Weed. President, Advertising Association. For services to the Advertising and Marketing Industry. (East Horsley, Surrey)
Professor Petra Wend FRSE. Lately Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. For services to Higher Education. (Edinburgh)
Professor Shearer Carroll West. Vice-Chancellor, University of Nottingham. For services to Higher Education. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Joanne Louise Whitfield. Chief Executive Officer, Retail, Co-Op Group. For services to Retail and the Food Supply Chain during the Covid-19 Response. (Altrincham, Greater Manchester)
Dr Pauline Margaret Williams. Senior Vice President and Head of Global Health, GlaxoSmithKline. For services to Medical Research and Development. (Stevenage, Hertfordshire)
Wendy Ann Williams. Independent Lead, Windrush Lessons Learned Review and H.M. Inspector of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services. For public service. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
Richard Leslie Martin Wohanka. Chair and Trustee, Nuclear Trust and Director, Nuclear Liabilities Fund. For services to the Nuclear Industry. (London, Greater London)
Christopher John Woolard. Lately Interim Chief Executive, Financial Conduct Authority. For services to Financial Regulation and Financial Technology Innovation. (Otford, Kent)
David Wootton. Managing Director, Wootton Education. For services to Education. (Crewe, Cheshire)
Simon York. Director, Fraud Investigation Service, H.M. Revenue and Customs. For services to Countering International Tax Fraud. (Cotheridge, Worcestershire)
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Matthew Abel. Team Leader, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence. (London, Greater London)
Anwar Ali. Founder and Director, Upturn Enterprise Ltd. For services to Social Enterprise. (Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester)
Councillor Azhar Ali. Leader of Labour Group, Lancashire County Council. For services to the community in North West England. (Brierfield, Lancashire)
Professor Dhiya Al-Jumeily. Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Liverpool John Moores University. For services to Scientific Research. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Professor Linda Ross Anderson. Professor of Modern English and American Literature, Newcastle University. For services to Higher Education. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)
John Angeli. Director of Parliamentary Audio-Video, House of Lords. For services to Parliament. (Haywards Heath, West Sussex)
Philip Norman Archer. Lately Principal, Leith School of Art. For services to Art and to Education. (Edinburgh)
Vivienne Artz. Chief Privacy Officer, Refinitiv and President, Women in Banking and Finance. For services to Financial Services and to Gender Diversity. (Headcorn, Kent)
Dr Heather Jane Bacon. Animal Welfare and Veterinary Outreach Manager, Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education, Edinburgh. For services to Veterinary Education, to Animal Welfare and to Charity in the UK and Abroad. (Edinburgh)
Stephen Baker. Chair, National Pubwatch. For services to Reducing Crime and Improving Safety in Licensed Premises. (Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire)
Colin Lester Balsam. For services to the UK Music Industry and to Charity. (London, Greater London)
Jonathan Bamford. For services to Data Protection. (Alderley Edge, Cheshire)
John Jeremy Bangs. Senior Commissioning Manager for Carers, Surrey County Council. For services to Carers. (London, Greater London)
Andrew Charles Robert Barnett. Director, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK). For services to Social Change. (London, Greater London)
Sandra Marilyn Barnett-Pollock. Director, Open Mind Training and Development. For services to Equality. (Leicester, Leicestershire)
Cordella Bart-Stewart. Founder, Black Solicitors’ Network and Judge, Immigration and Asylum Chamber. For services to the Legal Profession and voluntary service to Diversity and to Education. (London, Greater London)
Brian Robert Barwick. Lately Chairman, Rugby Football League. For services to Sport and to Sports Broadcasting. (London, Greater London)
Michael Kevin Handel Beard. Team Leader, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence. (Bristol, Gloucestershire)
Louise Olivia Beaton. Trustee, Action with Communities in Rural England. For voluntary service to Rural Communities. (Chichester, West Sussex)
Sarah Ann Beaumont. Lately Chief Executive Officer, Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs. For services to Social Enterprise. (Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire)
Stephen Kwasi Bediako. Founder and Chairman, Social Innovation Partnership. For services to Innovation in the Charitable Sector, particularly during the Covid-19 Response. (London, Greater London)
Andrew George Beet. Lately Police Staff, Office for Security and Counter Terrorism, Home Office. For services to Law and Order. (Maplethorpe, Lincolnshire)
Amanda Jane Bennett. Executive Principal, Greetland Primary Academy, Calderdale and CEO, Great Heights Academy Trust. For services to Education in West Yorkshire. (Halifax, West Yorkshire)
Dr Beverly Patricia Bergman. For services to Veterans in Scotland. (Edinburgh)
Daniel Richard Rowley Bishop. Delivery Manager, Type 31 Frigate Programme, Ministry of Defence. For services to Defence Procurement. (Dursley, Gloucestershire)
Paul Boyce. Director of Children’s Services, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to Children in Merseyside. (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Donalda Macintyre Maclay Bradbury. Lately President, Scottish Rugby Union. For services to Rugby Union Football. (Oban, Argyll and Bute)
Lynne Frances Bradley. Senior Plant Health and Seeds Inspector, Animal and Plant Health Agency. For services to Plant Health. (Ludlow, Shropshire)
John Bradshaw. Lately, Head teacher, London East Alternative Provision. For services to Education in London. (London, Greater London)
Caron Louise Bradshaw. Chief Executive, Charity Finance Group. For services to Charity. (Clophill, Bedfordshire)
Emma Bradshaw. Executive Principal, Alternative Learning Trust. For services to Education in the Alternative Provision Sector. (London, Greater London)
Geraldine Brereton. Deputy Director, Universal Credit Operations, Department for Communities, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to Social Security. (Belfast, County Down)
Jonathan Britton. Non-Executive Director, British Business Bank. For services to Small Business Finance. (Lewes, East Sussex)
Cassandra Anna Buchanan. Executive Headteacher, Charles Dickens Primary School, Southwark, London and Trust Leader, The Charter Schools Educational Trust. For services to Education. (Farnham, Surrey)
Professor Robert Oliver Buckingham. Robotics Director, UK Atomic Energy Authority. For services to Robotic Engineering. (Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
Commodore Michael Peter Bullock MBE. Chief Executive, Northern Lighthouse Board. For services to the Safety and Welfare of Seafarers. (Edinburgh)
Alan John Burnell. Co-founder and Non-Executive Director, Family Futures Community Interest Company, London. For services to Adopted Children. (London, Greater London)
Susan Burns. Philanthropist. For charitable services. (London, Greater London)
Dr Malcolm Butler. Chair, UK Onshore Geophysical Library. For services to Education, to Research and to Development. (Paddock Wood, Kent)
Professor James David Forbes Calder TD. Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London. For services to Sport and to Exercise. (Alresford, Hampshire)
Robert Derek Calrow. For charitable and political service in North West England. (Bolton, Greater Manchester)
Lorraine Canavan. Head, Payment Operation, H.M. Revenue and Customs. For services to Leadership and to Service Delivery. (Kilsyth, City of Glasgow)
Marcello Antonio Casale. For services to Animal Welfare, particularly during the Covid-19 Response. (Slough, Buckinghamshire)
Charlie Chapple. Head, Social Housing Redress, Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. For services to Housing and to the Homeless. (London, Greater London)
Mark Edward Cheeseman. Deputy Director, Public Sector Fraud, Cabinet Office. For public service. (Sevenoaks, Kent)
Professor Daniel John Clark. Head, Department of Clinical Engineering, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham. For services to Clinical Engineering, particularly during Covid-19. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
Samantha Clayton. Principal Social Worker for Children and Families, Lincolnshire County Council. For services to Social Work. (Waddingham, Lincolnshire)
Linda Clegg. Children’s Service Improvement Adviser, St Helen’s Council. For services to Social Work. (Blackburn, Lancashire)
Natalie Clein. Cellist. For services to Music. (Swanage, Dorset)
Rebecca Cobbin MBE. Family Jurisdictional Support Manager, H.M. Courts and Tribunals Service. For services to the Admi
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