Michael Francis Strachan CBE FRSE (1919–2000) was a 20th-century Scottish businessman who served as Director of the Bank of Scotland from 1972 to 1990.
He was born on 23 October 1919 the son of Francis William Strachan and his wife, Violet Blackwell Palmer.
His father was a British Army officer of Scots descent and his mother was a wealthy widow from the Crosse & Blackwell fortune.
His university career was interrupted by the Second World War and in 1940 he joined the Lothian and Border Horse Regiment (he was an able horseman).
This included Operation Claymore, a commando raid on the Lofoten Islands in 1941, plus a long-time posting to GHQ Middle East, based in Cairo.
He graduated MA in 1949 and obtained a post with William Thomson & Co in Leith who were the operators of the Edinburgh branch of the Ben Line Shipping Company.
In 1980 his MBE was upgraded by Queen Elizabeth II to a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).