New Year Honours 2012
David Jonathan Flint CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive • Oxford Instruments
“For services to Business and Science.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2012
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Oxfordshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2012- Role at the time
- Chief Executive, Oxford Instruments
- Region
- Oxfordshire
“For services to Business and Science.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 106 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 9% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive, Oxford Instruments.
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 Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2012
Andrew Burnett
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London
“For services to the British Museum and Numismatics.”
Andrew Dutton Mason
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Andrew Marles
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Monmouthshire
“For services to the Fire and Rescue Service.”
Andrew Oliver Tyler
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Wiltshire
Chief Operating Officer
Andrew Sentence
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Essex
“For services to the Economy.”
Andrew William Brown
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Cornwall
“For services to the Advertising Industry.”
Anthony Charles Burton
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London
“For services to Theatre.”
Bryan Samuel Jackson
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Derbyshire
“For services to Manufacturing, the East Midlands Region and the East Midlands Regional Development Agency.”
Catherine Elizabeth Bell
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Down
Charles Giles Clarke
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Somerset
“For services to Cricket.”
Charles William Holroyd
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Cheshire
“For services to Young People and to the community in the North West.”
Clare Juliet Fowler
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London
“For services to Uro- Neurology.”
Clive Vivian Leopold James
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London
“For services to Literature and the Media.”
Dannie Abse
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London
David Anthony Hirst Shaw
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late Royal Regiment of Artillery
David Charles Richmond
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David John Hall
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London
“For services to the Financial Services Industry.”
David Phillips
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Surrey
“For services to Chemistry.”
Denise Coates
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Cheshire
“For services to the community and Business.”
Dinesh Kumar Makhan Lai Bhugra
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to Psychiatry.”
Edwin Davies
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Isle of Man
“For charitable services.”
Eileen Munro of Social Policy
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to Children and Families.”
Eileen Thornton
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
Merseyside
“For services to Healthcare Education and Training.”
Eileen Vizard
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2012
London
“For services to Children and Young People.”
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Deborah Wosskow
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London, Greater London
“For services to Female Entrepreneurship and to Access to Finance for Women.”
Natalie Wade
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Creative Industries.”
Wendy Carlin
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Economics.”
Neeta Atkar
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Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Raymond Pritchard
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“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Lorna Williams
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Ely, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Chemicals Industry.”
Gregory Mckinley
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Ballymena, County Antrim
“For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland.”
James Fraser
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Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
Ernest Fallowfield
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Bowness-On-Windermere, Cumbria
“For services to Tourism.”
Lance Uggla
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“For services to Business and to Philanthropy.”
Hollie Whittles
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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
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
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Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Industrial Laser Applications in Manufacturing.”
Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
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Buckie, Banffshire
“For services to Business and to Community Development in Buckie and Banffshire.”
Sakilbabu Kola
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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
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 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 (Oxfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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