For the early aviation pioneer, see Alec Ogilvie.
Sir Alec Drummond Ogilvie (1913–1997)[1] was a British business executive.
Ogilvie spent his childhood in Bengal, India, where his father, Sir George Ogilvie, was a civil servant.[1] Ogilvie was the fifth generation in his family to have lived in India.[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).[1] Ogilvie became the chairman of Andrew Yule, and also served as president of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry[3] and president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce. (ASSOCHAM).[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.[1]