John Malcolm Gray, CBE (28 July 1934 - 19 November 2009) was a Scottish businessman and the former chairman and chief executive of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hong Kong from 1993 until his retirement in 1996.
[3] Gray's family connection with the HSBC began in 1883 when his great uncle joined the Hongkong Bank serving as its agent in Hankow.
[3] Gray joined the London branch of the bank as a trainee in 1952 before moving out to Hong Kong in 1956.
[3] In 1979 Gray was appointed as chief accountant closely followed by several promotions in the early eighties to executive director and subsequently deputy chairman of the bank.
[3] During this time he also served as chairman of James Capel, the newly acquired stockbroking arm of the organisation.