page_title: 2014 New Year Honours
section_title: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 New Year Honours / United Kingdom / The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire / Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
caption_attribution_description: English: insignia of a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (with military ribbon)
context_page_description: The New Year Honours 2014 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January.
  The New Year Honours were announced on 31 December 2013 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. These New Year Honours 2014 were the first New Year Honours in which more women than men were chosen for the Honours.
  The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country whose ministers advised The Queen on the appointments, then by honour with grades i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander etc. and then divisions i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.
context_section_description: Military Division
  The Reverend Scott James Brown QHC
  Rear Admiral Christopher John Hockley
  Commodore Richard Charles O. Thompson
  Colonel Nicholas Seymour Chapman MBE, Late The Mercian Regiment
  Major General Nicholas Henry Eeles, Late Royal Regiment of Artillery
  Brigadier Samuel Piercy Evans OBE, Late The Royal Logistic Corps, Army Reserve
  Colonel Fiona Helen Gardner, Late The Royal Logistic Corps
  Brigadier Robert Malcolm Bowstead Nitsch MBE, Late Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
  Group Captain Christina Reid Elliot
  Air Commodore Stuart Charles Evans
  Group Captain Ian Steven Pollitt MBE
  Group Captain Steven Roger Thornber
  Civil Division
  Professor Ash Amin, FBA, Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge. For services to Social Science.
  Nigel Charles Annett, Managing Director, Welsh Water. For services to the Water Industry in Wales and voluntary service to Wateraid.
  John Dorrington Apthorp, OBE, Philanthropist. For charitable services particularly in Hertfordshire.
  Jane Rachel Ashcroft, Chief Executive, Anchor Trust. For services to Older People.
  Professor Helen Valerie Atkinson, Chair, Metals Processing and Head, Department of Engineering, University of Leicester. For services to Engineering and Education.
  Claire Elizabeth Axten, Headteacher, Brookside Community Primary School, Somerset. For services to Education.
  Julie Dawn Bailey, Campaigner, Cure the NHS, Staffordshire. For services to the Care of Older People.
  Jayne Banner, Deputy Director, Local Compliance, Nottingham, H.M. Revenue and Customs. For services to Public Reform Efficiencies.
  Dr Janet Barnes, Chief Executive, York Museums Trust. For services to Museums in Yorkshire.
  Professor Stuart Bartholomew, Principal and Vice Chancellor, Arts University Bournemouth. For services to Higher Education.
  David Alan Bernstein, lately Chair, Football Association. For services to Football.
  Dr Astrid Elizabeth Bonfield. For services to the charitable sector in the UK and Abroad.
  Susan Bott, Director, Disability Rights UK. For services to People with Disabilities and their Families.
  Pamela Bowen, Senior Policy Adviser, Crown Prosecution Service. For services to Law and Order, particularly for Human Trafficking Criminal Prosecution Policy.
  Michael Bracken, Executive Director, Government Digital Service. For services to Digital Public Services and voluntary service in the London Borough of Hackney.
  Karren Brady, Vice Chair, West Ham Football Club. For services to Entrepreneurship and Women in Business.
  Victoria Harriet Lucy, Viscountess Bridgeman, FRSA, Founder, Bridgeman Arts Library and the Artists’ Collecting Society. For services to Art.
  Michael John Mary Brophy. For services to the voluntary sector in the UK.
  Robert Edward Brown. For political service.
  Mandie Jane Campbell, Chief Operating Officer, UK Border Force, Home Office. For public service.
  Professor Doreen Cantrell, FRS, FRSE,  Vice-Principal and Head of College, Life Sciences, University of Dundee. For services to Life Sciences.
  Councillor Paul Benedict Crossland Carter, Leader, Kent County Council. For services to Local Government.
  Rita Ann Clifton. For services to the Advertising Industry.
  Philip Collins, Chairman, Office of Fair Trading. For services to the Competition and Consumer Protection Regime.
  Dominic Cooke, Theatre Director. For services to Drama.
  John Michael Harold Copley, Opera Director. For services to Opera.
  Donna Mary Covey. For services to Equalities and Human Rights.
  Katherine Lucy Garrett-Cox, Chief Executive, Alliance Trust. For services to the Asset Management Industry and charitable service through the Baring Foundation.
  Michael Patrick Crawford, OBE. For charitable and philanthropic services, particularly to Children's Charities.
  Professor Anthony Derek Howell Crook, Emeritus Professor, University of Sheffield, Chair Shelter, and Deputy Chair, Orbit Housing Group. For services to Housing and Charitable Governance.
  Professor Marian Ellina Dawkins Professor, Animal Behaviour, University of Oxford. For services to Animal Welfare.
  Barry John Dodd, OBE, Chairman, GSM Group.
caption: Neck badge of a Commander of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire
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