He moved to Hong Kong in 1910 was appointed by Henry Keswick as his substitute for all the purposes set out in a power of attorney of 5 September 1912.
He was a Director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank and the Peak Tramways, Chairman of the Whampoa Dock Co. and the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf Co., member of the Green Island Cement Co., Chairman of the Land Investment Agency and a Director of the Land Reclamation and the West Point Building Companies.
He was particularly interested in various sugar, cotton, ice, insurance, and machinery companies for which Jardine Matheson were agents.
He had acted as treasurer of the Coronation Fund, was prominently connected with the Horticultural Society's exhibition and donated a ground for a tennis court to the Y.M.C.A.
[1] Ross left Hong Kong in 1913 by the SS Siberia as Manager of Jardine Matheson's company in London appointed by Henry Keswick on 30 September 1914.