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New Year Honours 2009

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List

Order of St Michael and St George

D/KCMG

Andrew CAHN, CMG
Chief Executive, UK Trade and Investment

William Charters PATEY, CMG
HM Ambassador, Riyadh

CMG

Mark CANNING
HM Ambassador, Rangoon

Eugene Gerard CURLEY, OBE
Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Christopher John HICKEY
Director, British Council, Spain

Anthony Michael LAYDEN
The Foreign Secretary’s Representative for Deportation with Assurances.  For services to counter terrorism

Robert MACAIRE
Lately Director of Consular Services, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Ms Sarah MACINTOSH
Lately British High Commissioner, Freetown

Richard Gordon MONK, OBE, QPM
Lately Police Commissioner, UN Interim Mission in Kosovo.  For services to policing in Kosovo

Adam McClure THOMSON
Director of South Asia and Afghanistan, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Scott Andrew Norman WIGHTMAN
Lately Director of Global and Economic Issues, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Knight Bachelor

Professor Christopher John GREENWOOD, CMG
Professor of International Law, London School of Economics.  For services to public international law

Order of the British Empire

GBE

Gordon, The Right Honourable Baron SLYNN of Hadley
Lately Chairman, International Law Association. For services to European and International Law

CBE

Harry James BENSON
Freelance Photo-journalist.  For services to photography and the community in the UK

Nicholas Peter CLEGG
Founder Trustee, Managing Trustee and lately Chairman, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.  For services to UK/Japanese relations

Professor Linda COLLEY
Professor of History, Princeton University.  For services to historical studies

Professor Peter Hugh NOLAN
Sinyi Professor, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.  For services to supporting British business in China and China’s integration into the global economy

Professor David NORSE
Emeritus Professor of Environmental Management, University College London Environment Institute and Whitehall China Task Force Member.   For services to international sustainable development and UK/China relations

John Richard Shervington SKERRITT
Financial Secretary.  For public service, Montserrat

OBE

Nicholas Jonathan ALEXANDER
First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

George Alkiviades DAVID
For services to UK/Greek relations in the field of education

Dr Alexander William Lowndes DE WAAL
For services to development and conflict resolution in Africa

Professor David Geraint EVANS
Professor of Materials Science, Beijing University of Chemical Technology.  For services to international science and UK/China relations

Michael Ernesto FRANCINO
Lately Consultant Team Leader, Department for International Development.  For services to economic reform in Iraq

Patrick Hugo GRAY
For services to British nuclear non-proliferation initiatives in Russia and the Commonwealth Independent States

Dr John Anthony HEMERY
Director, Centre for Diplomatic Studies.  For services to British interests overseas

David Alexander James HEPWORTH, QGM
Lately Senior Investigations Adviser, British Embassy, Kabul.  For services to the police in Afghanistan

Michael John HOLLOWAY
Regional Director, Consular and Visa Services for Iberia, British Embassy, Madrid

Ms Ann KENRICK
Secretary-General, British Section, Franco-British Council.  For services to promoting Franco British relations

Iftikhar Ahmed KHAN
For services to UK/Bangladesh trade and development relations and corporate social responsibility

Mrs Cheryl-Ann Elizabeth LISTER
Lately Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, Bermuda Monetary Authority.  For services to promoting sound financial regulation in Bermuda

Rurik Miles MARSDEN
Lately First Secretary (Development), British Embassy, Rangoon

Jarlath Stephen NORMAN
First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Charles John Sinclair NUTTALL
Lately Director, British Council, Colombia

William James PATERSON
Lately EU Chief Police Adviser and Team Leader, Darfur.  For services in support of the African Union peacekeeping mission to Darfur

Gary LeRoy PHILLIPS
Consultant.  For public service, Bermuda

Derek Laurence POWELL
Managing Director, International Training Services.  For services to training

Paul Desmond SHERAR
Lately Director, Visa Services Operations for the Asia Pacific Region, British Embassy, Beijing

Professor James Arthur Ainscow STOCKWIN
Nissan Professor, Modern Japanese Studies and Director, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford University.  For services to academic excellence and the promotion of UK/Japanese understanding

Rupert Robert SWORD
Chairman and Regional Head, Latin America Schroder Investment Management, Schroders plc.  For services to British commercial interests and the British community in Argentina

Andrew Robert Hay THOMSON
First Secretary, British Embassy, Bogota

David Richard TOWNSEND
First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Professor David WARBURTON
Professor of Paediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.  For services to UK/USA collaboration on healthcare research

Nicholas Charles YOUNG
Journalist, Researcher and Trainer for Aid Agencies.  For services to sustainable development and civil society in China

MBE

Mrs Shirley ADAMS-LEACH
For services to musical education, Falkland Islands

Sean BENNETT
Fleet Manager, British Embassy, Baghdad.  For services to charitable activities in Iraq

Ms Eziethamae Eleanor BODDEN
For services to the community, Cayman Islands

Philicianno CALLWOOD
Proprietor, Foxy’s Bar and Restaurant, Entrepreneur and Musician.  For services to tourism, British Virgin Islands

David John CARTER
First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Ms Vivien Christine ESSLEMONT
Assistant Director, British Council, Mozambique

Mrs Rebecca Dawn FORTUNATO
President, Gibraltar Amateur Swimming Association, and Vice President, Gibraltar Commonwealth Games Association.  For services to sport

Paul William FRANKLIN
Second Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Ms Vanessa Frances HALL-SMITH
Director, British Institute of Florence.  For services to promoting UK culture in Italy

Iain Peter MacPherson HARDY
Honorary Consul, Valparaiso

Mrs Marguerite Loudon HOPKIN
For services to the British community in France

Mrs Pamela Dorothy HORRIDGE-DEAKIN
Vice President, Ibiza and Formentera Association for the Prevention of Cancer.  For services to charitable activities in Ibiza and Formentera

Mrs Elizabeth Florence JOSHUA
For services to education and the community, St Helena and Ascension Island

Paul Stuart MILLARD
HM Ambassador’s driver.  For services to the British Embassy in Berne

Nicholas Michael MILLER
Second Secretary, British Embassy, Bogota

Mrs Samantha Jane MORSHED
Founder, Hathay Bunano knitwear company.  For services to disadvantaged and vulnerable women and children in Bangladesh

Mrs Ann MUNRO
Vice Consul, British Embassy, Doha

Ms Alexandra Maria PEARSON
For services to victims of the Chinese earthquake, May 2008

Ian SEABOURNE
Founder, Operation Breakthrough.  For services to tackling juvenile delinquency through sport in Hong Kong

Miss Layla Kelly SLATTER
Lately Third Secretary, British Embassy, Damascus

Arthur Chesley TROTT
Artist and Sculptor.  For services to art, Bermuda

Anthony TSUI Tin-yau
Director, Croucher Foundation.  For services to science and UK/Hong Kong relations

Alister Stanley WIDDOWSON
Lately Senior Teacher, British Council, Burma

Ms Inga Mary WILLIAMS
Secretary, Links House Senior Citizens Residence.  For services to the British community in Argentina

Christopher John WORTHINGTON
Honorary Supervisor, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Sri Lanka.  For services to the memory of the war dead

Colonial Police and Fire Service Medals for Meritorious Service

Robert PELIZA
Police Inspector, Royal Gibraltar Police

Edward YOME
Police Superintendent, Royal Gibraltar Police