New Year Honours 2012
David Edward Reid
Knight Bachelor
Chairman • Tesco plc and Chairman
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
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Location
Essex
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2012- Role at the time
- Chairman, Tesco plc and Chairman
- Region
- Essex
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chairman, Tesco plc and Chairman.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2012
Andre Konstantin Geim of Physics
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Greater Manchester
“For services to Science.”
Antonio Pappano
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Music.”
Brian Mellor Greenwood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
“For services to malaria research in Africa.”
Charles Lamb Allen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.”
Christopher Maxwell Snowden
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“For services to Engineering and to Higher Education.”
Clair Buchanan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“For services to Industry.”
Geoffrey Hall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Nottinghamshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Geoffrey William Hill
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Literature.”
George Iacobescu
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Charity, Community and the Financial Services Industry.”
Gerald Acher
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“For charitable services.”
Herbert Douglas Ellis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
West Midlands
“For charitable services.”
John Alexander Armitt
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Engineering and Construction.”
John Gerald Patrick Sissons
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Research and Education in Clinical Medicine.”
Konstantin Novoselov of Physics
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Greater Manchester
“For services to Science.”
Mark Brian Pepys
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Biomedicine.”
Michael David Bear
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Regeneration, Charity and the City of London.”
Paul Ruddock
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to the Arts.”
Peter Lytton Bazalgette
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Broadcasting.”
Robert Russell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Essex
“For public service.”
Rodney Malcolm Aldridge
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Young People.”
Roger James Gale
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Kent
“For public and political services.”
Simon Kirwan Donaldson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Middlesex
“For services to Mathematics.”
Stephen Robert Bloom
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Medical Science.”
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“For services to Molecular Biology.”
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Others recognised for Business & Economy
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy. See the full list →
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Charles Milne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Louise Ellis-frankland
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Skipton, North Yorkshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Sector and to Employee Well-Being.”
George Fleming
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2012
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012).
Published 31 December 2011.
Location (Essex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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