Alec Ogilvie (businessman)
For the early aviation pioneer, see Alec Ogilvie.
Sir Alec Drummond Ogilvie (1913–1997)[1] was a British business executive.
Ogilvie spent his childhood in Bengal, India, where his father, Sir George Ogilvie, was a civil servant.[1] Ogilvie was the fifth generation in his family to have lived in India.[2]
Educated in Cheltenham College and trained as an accountant in Glasgow,[2] Ogilvie worked in London for three years, before returning to India in 1935 and joining the Andrew Yule company in Calcutta (now Kolkata).[1] Ogilvie became the chairman of Andrew Yule, and also served as president of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry[3] and president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce. (ASSOCHAM).[4]
Ogilvie was knighted for his services to British business interests in India in 1965.[1] He later returned to Britain and served as chairman of Powell Duffryn (now known as PD Ports).[1]
During the Second World War, Ogilvie had joined the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles and was held prisoner of war in Singapore, in Changi prison.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Obituary: Sir Alec Ogilvie". The Times. London. 2 December 1997. p. 21 – via The Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Jones, Stephanie (1992-06-18). Merchants of the Raj: British Managing Agency Houses in Calcutta Yesterday and Today. Springer. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-349-12538-8.
- ^ "THE BENGAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY". bengalchamber.com. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ^ Ghatak, Aditi Roy (1995). Partnership for Progress: The ASSOCHAM Story, 1920–1995. Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India. p. 113.