to the Financial Services Industry. Jacqueline Fisher, , Principal, Newcastle College. For services to local and national Further Education. Janet Marion Gaymer, , Commissioner for Public Appointments. For public service. Professor Julia Mary Goodfellow, , Vice-Chancellor, University of Kent. For services to Science. Professor Barbara Monroe, Chief Executive, St. Christopher's Hospice, London. For services to Palliative Care. Janet Paraskeva, First Civil Service Commissioner, and Chair, Child Maintenance Enforcement Commission. For public service. Paula Figueiroa Rego, Artist. For services to Art. Professor Alison Fettes Richard, , Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge. For services to Higher Education. Naila Zaffar, Headteacher, Copthorne Primary School, Bradford. For services to local and national Education. Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) Civil Division Maurice Flanagan, , Executive Vice Chairman, Emirates Airline and Group, UAE. For services to the British aviation industry and British exports. Professor Charles Kuen Kao, . For services to fibre optic communications. Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Military Division Royal Navy Commodore Campbell Stuart Christie, C030984A. Captain Michael Edward Farrage, C032384D. Captain Richard Farrington, , C027738H. Rear Admiral Ian Moncrieff, C025312M. Army Colonel Crispian Edward Ian Beattie, late The Royal Green Jackets, 497567. Colonel Charles Beaupré Bell Clee, late The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), 518400. Brigadier John Patrick Simon Donnelly, , late The Cheshire Regiment, 514054. Colonel Richard Mark James Rollo-Walker, , late The Light Infantry, 495378. Royal Air Force Group Captain Colin Basnett (8183726A). Group Captain Kenneth Bruce McCann (5203279V). Group Captain Michael Christopher Neville (5205937M). Civil Division Dr. Mary Armitage, Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Medicine. Simon Armitage, Poet. For services to Literature. Patricia Baskerville, Head of Safer Custody and Offender Policy, National Offender Management Service, Ministry of Defence. William Gordon Baxter, . For services to Business and to Charity in North East Scotland. George William John Benjamin, Composer and Conductor. For services to Music. Professor Timothy John Besley, Kuwait Professor of Economics and Political Science, London School of Economics. For services to Social Science. Peter George Betts, Director of International Climate Change, Department for Energy and Climate Change. Gavin McFarlane Black. For services to the community in the North East. William George Black, Chief Executive, Glasgow City Council. For services to Local Government. Jonathan Blackie, Regional Director, Government Office for the North East, Department for Communities and Local