The Rt Hon Kevin Barron, MP. Member of Parliament for Rother Valley. For political and public service. (Rotherham, South Yorkshire)

Professor Adrian Peter Bird, CBE, FRS, FRSE. Buchanan Professor of Genetics, University of Edinburgh. For services to Science. (Edinburgh)

Professor Richard William Blundell, CBE, FBA. Professor of Economics, UCL and director, ESRC Centre for the Micro-Economic Analysis of Public Policy IFS. For services to Economics and Social Science. (London)

Ian Michael Cheshire. Chief executive, Kingfisher plc. For services to Business, Sustainability and the Environment. (London)

Michael Victor Codron, CBE. For services to the Theatre. (London)

Paul Collier, CBE. For services to promoting research and policy change in Africa. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)

David Nigel Dalton. Chief executive, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare. (Willaston, Cheshire)

Roger Michael De Haan, CBE, DL. Philanthropist. For services to Education and to charity in Kent and Overseas. (Ashford, Kent)

Michael Roger Gifford. Formerly Lord Mayor of London. For services to International Business, Culture and the City of London. (London)

Antony Mark David Gormley, OBE. Sculptor. For services to the Arts. (London)

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