Judge Nicholas Crichton, District Judge. For services to the Family Justice System. Adrian Kevin Curley, lately Chief Executive, National Association for Voluntary and Community Action. For services to the Voluntary and Community Sector. David John Daniels, Chief Consultant, Sensors, Cobham Technical Services. For services to the Defence Industry. Paul Elliot . For services to Equality and Diversity in Football. Professor Jonathan Richard Ellis , Clerk Maxwell Professor of Theoretical Physics, King's College London and Scientist, CERN. For services to Science and Technology. Maria Delfina Entrecanales. For services to the Arts. Dr James Austin Ferguson, Senior Civil Servant, Permanent Secretary for Tax Group (Central Policy), London, H.M. Revenue and Customs. Stuart John Fraser, Chairman, Policy and Resources Committee, City of London Corporation. For services to the City of London. Michael John Fuhr , Commercial Adviser, Department for Transport. Mary Jane Furniss, Chief Executive Officer, Independent Police Complaints Commission. For services to Justice and Policing. Professor Christopher Gaskell, Principal, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. For services to Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture. Professor Duncan Mackay Geddes, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London. For services to Medical Research, Charity and Education. Marion Olive Gibbs, Co-Director, Southwark Schools Learning Partnership and Headteacher, James Allen's Girls' School, Southwark, London. For services to Education. Robert Ian Neilson Gordon , Leader, Hertfordshire County Council. For services to Local Government. Michael Grabiner, lately Chairman, Partnerships for Schools. For services to Education. Professor Monica Mary Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Science, Open University. For services to Space Science. Professor Ian Richard Hargreaves, Professor of Digital Economy, Cardiff University. For services to the Creative Economy and Higher Education. Peter Hay, President, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services. For services to Social and Health Care. Professor Janet Hemingway, F.R.S., Director, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. For services to the Control of Tropical Disease Vectors. Eric Douglas Hepburn, lately Chief Operating Officer, 10 Downing Street. Victoria Mary Taylor Heywood, Executive Director, Royal Shakespeare Company. For services to Drama. Emma Hill, Creative Director, Mulberry. For services to the British Fashion Industry. Susan Hill, Author. For services to Literature. Professor Mary Longstaff Jacobus, Professor of English and Director, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge. For services to Literary Scholarship. David John Jeans. For services to Life Science, Healthcare and Science. Clare Jones, Joint Chief Executive, WomenCentre. For services to Vulnerable Women. Owen Griffith Ronald Jones,