Sir James Ogilvy Blair-Cunynghame, OBE (28 February 1913 – 4 January 1990) was a Scottish banker and personnel manager; he was a chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland and its parent organisation, the National Commercial Bank of Scotland Group.
During the Second World War, he served with the Royal Artillery and Intelligence Corps, eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel;[2] his work took him to the Middle East and Bletchley Park.
[2][3] In 1955, the National Coal Board (NCB) established a staff department following recommendations in the Fleck Report; Blair-Cunynghame was appointed its director-general.
[2] He then sat on the NCB from 1957 to 1959 as the staff member, and then joined the Royal Bank of Scotland's board in 1960.
[1] He also held a range of other positions, including membership of the Scottish Economic Council (1965–74).