New Year Honours 2025
David East
Knight Bachelor
Chief Executive
“For services to the Economy and to Net Zero.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
David Warren Arthur EAST C.B.E. F.R.S. FREng.
lately Chief Executive, Rolls Royce
For services to the Economy and to Net Zero.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Chief Executive
- Region
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Economy and to Net Zero.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 22 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
10 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Cambridgeshire.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive.
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 2025
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Andrew Haines
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“For services to the Transport Sector and to the Economy.”
Andrew Street
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Birmingham, West Midlands
“For Public Service.”
Bashir Al-hashimi
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London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering and Education.”
Bryan Sanderson
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Labour Market.”
Edward Braham
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Pulborough, West Sussex
“For services to Corporate Law and to Business.”
Gabriele Finaldi
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London, Greater London
“For services to Art and Culture.”
Gareth Southgate
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Jack Cuzick
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London, Greater London
“For services to Epidemiology.”
Jeremy Michael Isaacs
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London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy and to Children’s Hospice Care.”
John Lazar
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London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering and Technology.”
Loyd Grossman
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Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
“For services to Heritage.”
Marcus Jones
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Nuneaton, Warwickshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Nicolas Gibb
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Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education.”
Noel Quinn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Esher, Surrey
“For services to Financial Services and to Net Zero.”
Ranil Jayawardena
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Bramley, Hampshire
“For Political and Public Service.”
Sadiq Khan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For Political and Public Service.”
Stephen Fry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Mental Health Awareness, the Environment and to Charity.”
Stuart Carlton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Northallerton, North Yorkshire
“For services to Children, Young People and Families.”
Thomas Davies
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Pontypool, Gwent
“For services to Rugby Union, and to voluntary and charitable service in Wales.”
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 · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4782500. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Location (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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