New Year Honours 2014
Alan Parker
Knight Bachelor
Chief Executive Officer
Knight Bachelor · 2014
“Founder and Chairman, Brunswick Group LLP and Chair, Save the Children. For services to Business, Charitable Giving and Philanthropy in the UK.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
“Chief Executive Officer, Whitbread Group. For services to the Hospitality Industry.”
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Knight Bachelor
Founder and Chairman, Brunswick Group LLP and Chair, Save the Children. For services to Business, Charitable Giving and Philanthropy in the UK.
View the London Gazette page ↗Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive Officer, Whitbread Group. For services to the Hospitality Industry.
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Surrey
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2008- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer
- Region
- Surrey
“Chief Executive Officer, Whitbread Group. For services to the Hospitality Industry.”
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2014- Role at the time
- Founder and Chairman
- Region
- London
“Founder and Chairman, Brunswick Group LLP and Chair, Save the Children. For services to Business, Charitable Giving and Philanthropy in the UK.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 24 times in the New Year Honours List 2014 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Founder and Chairman.
How widely is this recognised?
3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2014
Antony Mark David Gormley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Sculptor. For services to the Arts.”
Craig Tunstall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Executive Headteacher, Gipsy Hill Federation, London. For services to Education.”
David Nigel Dalton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Cheshire
“Chief Executive, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare.”
Dr Noel Robert Malcolm
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Oxfordshire
“Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford. For services to Scholarship, Journalism and European History.”
Ian Michael Cheshire
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Chief Executive, Kingfisher plc. For services to Business, Sustainability and the Environment.”
Julian Roger Seymour
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“For public service.”
Mark Worthington
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“For public service.”
Michael Edwards
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
“For services to UK/French cultural relations.”
Michael Griffiths
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Northamptonshire
“Headmaster, Northampton School for Boys and President, Association of School and College Leaders. For services to Education.”
Michael Roger Gifford
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Lately Lord Mayor of London. For services to International Business, Culture and the City of London.”
Michael Victor Codron
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“For services to the Theatre.”
Michael Wilkins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
North Yorkshire
“Chief Executive, Outwood Grange Family of Schools. For services to Education.”
Paul Tucker
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Lately Deputy Governor, Bank of England. For services to Central Banking.”
Peter James Luff
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Worcestershire
“Member of Parliament for Mid-Worcester. For political and public service.”
Prof Paul Collier
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Oxfordshire
“For services to Promoting Research and Policy Change in Africa.”
Professor Adrian Peter Bird
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Edinburgh
“Buchanan Professor of Genetics, University of Edinburgh. For services to Science.”
Professor Godfrey Henry Oliver Palmer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Midlothian
“Professor Emeritus, Heriot-Watt University. For services to Human Rights, Science and charity.”
Professor Peter John Ratcliffe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Oxfordshire
“Nuffield Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford. For services to Clinical Medicine.”
Professor Richard Blundell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Professor of Economics, UCL and Director, ESRC Centre for the Micro-Economic Analysis of Public Policy, IFS. For services to Economics and Social Science.”
Roger Michael De
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
Kent
“Philanthropist. For services to Education and to charity in Kent and Overseas.”
Roger Michael De Haan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
“For services to Education and to charity in Kent and Overseas.”
Rt Hon Kevin Barron
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
South Yorkshire
“Member of Parliament for Rother Valley. For political and public service.”
Rt Hon Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2014
London
“Member of Parliament, Croydon South. For parliamentary and political service.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
Andrew James Simpson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
“For services to Social Enterprise.”
Deborah Wosskow
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Hannah Bernard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and Access to Finance for Women.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
Erica Maxwell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dungannon, County Tyrone
“For services to the Economy and to the community in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Isabella Cameron
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Isle of Uist, Western Isles
“For services to Hospitality and to the Rural Economy in South Uist.”
Tina Barton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shaftesbury, Dorset
“For services to Science and to Trade.”
Ronjon Nag
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Entrepreneurship and to Artificial Intelligence.”
Lance Uggla
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Telford, Shropshire
“For services to Women in Business.”
Ann Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector.”
Gary Stevens
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Richard Scaife
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing.”
Becky Ruddy
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thurso, Caithness
“For services to Women in the Nuclear Industry.”
Pino De Rosa
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2014
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2014).
Published 1 January 2014.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2008).
Published 15 June 2008.
Location (Surrey) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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