Alec Ogilvie (businessman)

Sir Alec Drummond Ogilvie (1913–1997)[1] was a British business executive.

[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).

[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.