Cabinet Office
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|29 December 2006
CAB/078/06
As usual, this Honours List reflects and pays tribute to outstanding achievement and service right across the community.
As in previous lists a key aim has been to reward those who work and serve at the sharp end – people who have really changed things, or who have given outstanding service to others in difficult situations.
The list also reflects the Government's commitment to honouring those in its key priority areas: education, health, law and order.
In summary:
Education makes up about 10% of the total.
There are DBEs for Margaret Douglas, a hugely influential anthropologist and Yasmin Bevan, Headteacher of Denbigh High School, Luton, who is highly regarded as a dynamic and inspirational leader and has made a significant contribution to the national educational scene.
There are Knighthoods for Keith Ajegbo, until recently Headteacher of Deptford Green School, Lewisham serving London throughout his career teaching in challenging schools. He is the very model of the successful urban leader, praised by Ofsted and Professor George Scott, Vice–Chancellor of Kingston University who has made an exceptionally distinguished and varied contribution to higher education for over 30 years both on the national stage and in the institutions.
Among the CBEs are Susan Barrett, Headteacher of Bournville Junior School, an outstanding leader, contributing to the development of education policy nationally and leading local learning networks and transforming standards at her school; Michael Snell, the innovative and visionary Principal and Chief Executive of Brokenhurst College, Hampshire; Professor Christine King, Vice–Chancellor and Chief Executive of Staffordshire University a persuasive and passionate advocate for adult learning and a beacon for women in higher education; Ioan Morgan, Principal of Warwickshire College, who has led the largest and most diverse general FE college to be awarded a Grade One (outstanding) for Leadership and Management. The Beacon Status that followed identified the College as a centre of excellence for employer engagement; George Berwick, Headteacher of the highly successful Ravens Wood School in Bromley and Mabel Davis, Headteacher of Heathlands Special School in Hertfordshire, who has led pioneering inclusion initiates and developed co–operation between special and mainstream schools.
Health makes up another 8%. The wide range of awards include a DBE for Joan Higgins, Chair of the Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester, who has helped shape the teaching and research of healthcare management in this country and across Europe, and Knighthoods for Gordon Duff, Professor of Molecular Medicine at Sheffield University and closely associated with the Committee on Safety of Medicines which he galvanised and reformed to meet the needs of the UK public; Malcolm Green, Vice–Principal, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College and Head of the National Heart and Lung Institute, who has pioneered the development of methods to assess respiratory muscle strength and illness.
Among the CBEs are Roswyn Hakesley–Brown, President of the Royal College of Nursing where she has led by example focusing considerable energy in encouraging other people to expand their horizons; Neil Goodwin, who has transformed Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority since he became Chief Executive in 2002; Sheila Haworth, one of the UK's leading Paediatric Cardiologists who has almost single–handedly led and built the service for children with Cardiac Disease; Donald Jeffries, Professor of Virology at St Bartholomew's Hospital with an international reputation as a Clinical Virologist; Anne Mills, perhaps the most eminent health economist in the world in the field of developing countries, specialising in health systems, economics and financing; Peter Mount, Chair of the NHS Confederation who has played a hugely distinguished role in the management and reform of the NHS at national and local level; Malcolm Tanner, a paediatrician of international repute who has been an international leader in childhood liver disease and an innovator of good practice in the UK.
In the fields of Community Voluntary and Local Services (which make up 42% of the awards), including law and order, there are DBEs for Mary Marsh, Director and Chief Executive of the NSPCC. Under her leadership the society has lobbied consistently and effectively for the safety and protection of children and Josephine Williams, Chief Executive of Mencap, the largest UK charity where she has undertaken a wide ranging modernisation programme encouraging a culture which focuses on inclusion.
There are Knighthoods for Geoffrey Bindman, probably the leading civil liberties and human rights solicitor in the UK; Herbert Massie, a major figure in the disability world and a champion of disability rights and equalities; Stephen Oliver, the giant of the tribunals' world occupying a unique position presiding over a group of vitally important tax and financial tribunals;
Among the CBEs are Kevin Cahill, Chief Executive of Comic Relief who has made a major commitment towards ending poverty and social injustice in the UK and across the world; James Hart, lately Commissioner of the City of London Police, under his leadership his force has achieved the second highest detection rates in England and Wales; Carole Hudson, who has led St Helen's Borough Council through a major economic change to successfully become the first Comprehensive Performance Assessment designated Excellent Council in Merseyside;
The Economy, Science and Technology make up 17% of the awards.
There is a DBE for Ann Dowling, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cambridge and a leading authority on developments that are enabling the control of unstable combustion systems in both aeronautics and power generation.
Among the Knighthoods are James Dyson, who has spent forty years designing and engineering devices to make common tasks more efficient and is widely recognised as one of the greatest inventors of the modern era; David Murray, one of Scotland's leading entrepreneurs for almost 30 years; Michael Rake, Chair of KPMG International. Under his global leadership, KPMG has grown strongly and KPMG UK has been heavily involved in promoting the UK as a location for business investment.
Arts and Media makes up 7% of the total.
There are DBEs for Evelyn Glennie, the foremost solo percussionist in the world and also an accomplished composer and presenter and Ann Leslie, a pioneering journalist who has forged the way for women in the press world.
Among the Knighthoods are Michael Holroyd, one of the foremost literary biographers of his generation who has made an almost immeasurable contribution to contemporary literature; George Shearing, considered by many to be one of the best Jazz musicians of all time and has played with some of the greatest orchestras in the world – a feat all the more remarkable given that he is blind.
There are CBEs for Imogen Cooper, the highly respected pianist, especially known for her Mozart performance and recordings; Peter Greenaway, one of the most ambitious and controversial avant–garde film makers of our time; Penelope Keith, the popular and accomplished actress who has devoted a great deal of her time and energy to the Actors' Benevolent Fund; Christopher Logue, one of England's greatest living poets; John Rutter, the celebrated and successful composer of carols as well as a renowned choral conductor, editor, arranger and record producer; Alexander McCall Smith, internationally acclaimed for his series of novels titled The No 1 Ladies Detective agency; Rod Stewart, a singer and songwriter whose musical appeal crosses generations; Colin Thubron, who has consistently produced brilliantly insightful books that have inspired, educated and enthralled and John Wood, one of the very few actors of his generation whose pre–eminence in the classical theatre is matched by his achievements in the contemporary repertoire.
Among the OBEs are Hugh Laurie, one of the country's top actors and there are MBEs for Johnny Briggs, a soap legend and one of Coronation Street's longest serving and best–loved characters and Willard Wigan, the celebrated micro–sculptor.
Awards for Sport make up 3% of the total.
There is a CBE for Gareth Edwards, who has achieved iconic status as a rugby player and is universally respected as a sporting role model.
And there are OBEs for David Davis, a major force in the Football Association for many years and Ian Woosnam, Captain of the winning European Ryder Cup Team.
Among the MBEs are Steven Gerrard, the England and Liverpool footballer and Zara Phillips, the Individual Three–day Event World Champion.
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