commercial interests. Dr. John Ben Oswald Palmer, First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. David Sim Paterson, , lately Director, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. For services to Sino-British co-operation on biodiversity. Dr. Adam Keith Prewett, First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Nicholas John Pyle, , lately Chief Political Adviser, UN Political Office for Somalia. Ian Ralfini, lately General Manager and Vice President, EMI Manhattan Records, USA. For services to the Music Industry and charitable activities in the UK and USA. Colin Reeves, Consultant Technical Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Keith Thomas Richards, Managing Director, Promasidor Nigeria Ltd. For services to UK/Nigerian business interests and charitable activities in Nigeria. Alan Paul Smart, Director, British Council, Burma. Peter Alan Stephenson, Director Trade and Investment, British High Commission, Nigeria. The Honourable Darwin Kurt Tibbetts, , Leader of the Opposition, Cayman Islands. For services to the community. Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Military Division Royal Navy Lieutenant Jeffrey Richard Bevan, C038321S. Warrant Officer Class 1 Warfare Specialist (Abovewater Warfare Tactical) Andrew Neil Collings, D170235C. Major Nicholas Alan Griffiths, Royal Marines, N029148E. Chaplain John Hill, C037507X. Warrant Officer Class 2 Engineering Technician (Marine Engineering Submarines) Kevin Alan Keenan, D199951T. Lieutenant Commander Brian Stuart Leyshon, C020520L. Major Christopher Sydney Middleton, Royal Marines, N029221Y. Warrant Officer Class 1 (Master at Arms) Susan Morgan, W133839N. Warrant Officer Class 2 Gavin O'Connell, Royal Marines, P047878J. Corporal (Acting Sergeant) Stephen Kenton Perry, Royal Marines, P046386G. Lieutenant Commander Richard Michael John Sutton, C035070Y. Leading Logistician (Catering Services) Rachael Talton, W143392G. Lieutenant Commander Dain Jason Thorne, C037370T. Warrant Officer Class 1 (Communication Information Systems Specialist) Timothy Mark Trevarthen, D180919H. Army Staff Sergeant Kenneth Barnett, Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch), Territorial Army, 24440483. Major Jonathan David Billings, Royal Tank Regiment, 533318. Warrant Officer Class 2 Robert David Birkenhead, The Parachute Regiment, 24697934. Major Douglas Arthur Black, Corps of Royal Engineers, 549743. Major Phillip Nowell Blanchfield, The Royal Anglian Regiment, 560053. Lieutenant Colonel Ranald Alasdair Blue, The Rifles, 498953. Warrant Officer Class 1 Mark Philip Bragg, The Royal Logistic Corps, 25022417. The Reverend Colin Sydney Butler, Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class, Royal Army Chaplains' Department, 541891. Staff Sergeant Paul John Butler, Intelligence Corps, 24844236. Staff Sergeant Annabel Jo Byles, Army Physical Training Corps, W0813206. Major Shaun Anthony Casey, The Mercian Regiment, 539546. Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Allen Clarke, , Royal Corps of Signals 543446. Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Charles