New Year Honours 2013
Dr Hossein YASSAIE
Knight Bachelor
businessperson
“Chief Executive Officer, Imagination Technologies Group. For services to Technology and Innovation.”
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Chief Executive Officer, Imagination Technologies Group. For services to Technology and Innovation.
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“Chief Executive Officer, Imagination Technologies Group. For services to Technology and Innovation.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
11 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Hertfordshire.
What organisation were they with?
businessperson.
How widely is this recognised?
1,920 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2013
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Dorset
“Commissioner, Metropolitan Police. For services to Policing.”
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Lancashire
“Cyclist. For services to Cycling.”
Charles Benedict Ainslie
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Cornwall
“Finn Sailor. For services to Sailing.”
Christopher Stone
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West Midlands
“Executive Headteacher, The Arthur Terry and Stockland Green Schools, Birmingham. For services to Education.”
David Hugh Wootton
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Kent
“Lord Mayor of London. For services to Legal Business, Charity and the City of London.”
David John Brailsford
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Derbyshire
“Performance Director, British Cycling. For services to Cycling and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
David Whitlock Tanner
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London
“Performance Director, British Rowing. For services to Rowing and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Hector William Hepburn Sants
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Oxfordshire
“Lately Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Authority. For services to Financial Services and Regulation.”
John Mark Nicholas Leighton
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Edinburgh
“Director General, National Galleries of Scotland. For services to Art.”
Kenneth Henry Grange
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London
“Industrial Designer. For services to Design.”
Martin Gregory Smith
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Oxfordshire
“Philanthropist. For charitable services to Education, Science and the Arts.”
Martin James Narey
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North Yorkshire
“Ministerial Adviser on Adoption. For services to Vulnerable People.”
Michael Aron Heller
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London
“Philanthropist. For charitable services.”
Nicholas Stephen Williams
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London
“Lately Principal of The BRIT School, Croydon. For services to Education.”
Peter Gerard Hendy
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Somerset
“Commissioner, Transport for London. For services to Transport and the community.”
Professor David Neil Payne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hampshire
“Director, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton. For services to Photonics Research and Applications.”
Professor George Thomas Berwick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Essex
“Headteacher, Ravens Wood School, Bromley, Kent. For services to Education.”
Professor Hew Francis Anthony Strachan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Lanarkshire
“Chichele Professor of the History of War, All Souls Oxford. For services to the Ministry of Defence.”
Professor Ian David Diamond
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Aberdeen
“Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Aberdeen. For services to Social Science and Higher Education.”
Professor Keith Burnett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
South Yorkshire
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield. For services to Science and Higher Education.”
Professor Simon Charles Wessely
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London, London
“For services to Military Healthcare and to Psychological Medicine.”
Quentin Saxby Blake
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London, London
“Illustrator. For services to Illustration.”
Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd
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West Midlands
“Member of Parliament for Aldridge Brownhill. For public service.”
Robert Stephen O'Brien
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Essex
“Chairman, Barts and London NHS Trust. For services to Healthcare and to the community in London.”
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Peter Mambara
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Tina Patricia Barton
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Jian Zhang
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“Professor of Computer Animation, National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth University. For services to Computer Animation Research, to Education and to Innovation in STEM”
Matthew Wilson
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Robertsbridge, East Sussex
“Chair, Blood Cancer UK. For services to Blood Cancer Awareness and Research”
Keith Chalmers-Watson
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North Berwick, East Lothian
“Life Member and lately Chair of World Pheasant Association. For services to Wild Bird Research and Conservation”
Claire Vincent
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Bangor, County Down
“Deputy Director Marine and Fisheries Division, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. For services to Marine Science and to Women in Science”
Ann Watson
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London, Greater London
“Chief Executive Officer, Enginuity. For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector”
Stephen Michael Smith
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“Executive Director, CO2RE and Associate Professor of Greenhouse Gas Removal, University of Oxford. For services to Climate Science”
Martin John Rolles
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Clinical Oncologist, Swansea Bay University Health Board. For services to Healthcare Science and Cancer”
Peter Robertson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belfast, County Borough of Belfast
“Professor of Energy and Environmental Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Research and Innovation in Northern Ireland”
Professor Mykaell Riley
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Director for The Black Music Research Unit and Principal Investigator for Bass Culture Research, University of Westminster. For services to Research and Education around Black British Music”
Beena Puri
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“Digital Equity Senior Principal, Greater Manchester Combined Authority. For services to Digital Inclusion”
Ghulam Andre Ng
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“Head of Department, Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and President, British Cardiovascular Society. For services to Medical Research and Healthcare”
Ian Marson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately Digital Product Manager, Home Office. For services to Migration and Borders Technology”
James Markey
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Guildford, Surrey
“Founder, UNI SIM. For services to the Technology Sector”
Carolyn Heitmeyer
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Head of Social Sciences, Government Office for Science. For services to Social Science”
Jane Gate
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thatcham, Berkshire
“Executive Director, The Association of Innovation, Research and Technology Organisations. For services to Science and the Innovation Ecosystem”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Avondale Foods Ltd and ENE Ltd. For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland”
Jenny Barbara Ellis
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“Founder, NextJenSecurity. For services to Cyber Policy”
Mark Edward Antony Downs
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Deal, Kent
“Lately Chief Executive, Royal Society for Biology. For services to Biology”
Nicola Collett
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
“Lately Partnership Development Manager, Leicester City School Sport Partnership. For services to School Sport and Physical Education and to the communities in Leicester City and Leicestershire”
Thomas Malcolm Calvert
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Belfast, County Down
“Senior Professional Technical Officer, Rivers Directorate, Department for Infrastructure, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For services to Flood Risk Management and Digital Transformation”
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Knight Bachelor · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Location (Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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