and Law Societies of Europe. For services to the Administration of Justice. Professor Veronica van Heyningen, President, The Genetics Society. For services to Science. Dr. Jean Venables, , President, Institution of Civil Engineers. For services to Civil Engineering. Robert Vincent, Chief Executive, Kirklees Council. For services to Local Government. Sarah Webb, Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Housing. For services to the Housing Sector. Gillian Barbara Westerman, Principal and Chief Executive, Northern College for Residential Adult Education. For services to Adult Learning. John Furness Widdowson, Principal, New College Durham. For services to local and national Further and Higher Education. Dr. Robert James Young, Consultant Physician, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Medicine. Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Thomas Edur, lately Senior Principal Dancer, English National Ballet. For services to the Arts and to UK/Estonian cultural relations. Henry Thomas Marsh, Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon, St George's Hospital, Tooting. For services to Medicine in the UK and Ukraine. Agnes Oaks, Senior Principal Dancer, English National Ballet. For services to the Arts and to UK/Estonian cultural relations. Dr. Lee James Taylor White, Head, Gabon's National Parks Agency. For services to Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development in West and Central Africa. Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) Military Division Royal Navy Commander Matthew James Avison, C033542H. Commander Darren Cartwright, C032255Y. Lieutenant Colonel (now Colonel) Robert Graham Cundy, , Royal Marines, N028071E. Commander Kevin Gomm, C026462M. Captain (Acting Commodore) Steven Charles Ramm, C021825S. Captain Ian Michael Robinson, , Royal Naval Reserve, C983662K. Commander Thomas Grenville Sharpe, C035842C. Commander Paul Kenneth Shawcross, C030263U. Commander Steven Luigi Smith, C026720Q. Army Lieutenant Colonel Owen James Adams, Royal Regiment of Artillery, 521592. Colonel Darrell Peter Amison, late The Royal Logistic Corps, 536123. Colonel Alastair Andrew Bernard Ribey Bruce of Crionaich, late General List, Territorial Army, 509493. Colonel Peter Andrew Christian, Essex Army Cadet Force, 494473. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Lewis Gamble, Royal Tank Regiment, 539340. Lieutenant Colonel Andrew David Griffiths, Royal Army Medical Corps, 542939. Lieutenant Colonel Francis John Hollman, Corps of Royal Engineers, 543230. Lieutenant Colonel Anna Clare Luedicke, The Royal Logistic Corps, 538202. Lieutenant Colonel Michael John Purnell, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 521687. Lieutenant Colonel Richard Arthur Robinson, The Royal Irish Regiment, 512677. Colonel Charles Patrick Carnegie Sloan, , late the Royal Irish Regiment, 502912. Lieutenant Colonel Barry John Spiers, Royal Corps of Signals, 543680. Lieutenant Colonel John Robin