Sir Maurice Alfred Lister Banks (11 August 1901 – 11 August 1991) was a British businessman.

Educated at Westminster School in London, Banks was a Director of Oakbank Oil Co. Ltd during 1962/3–1963, which became BP Exploration (Associated Holdings) in 1963. He was also a Director of Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd over the same period. He was also Chairman of the Laird Group.

Maurice Banks

During 1965–66, Banks was President of the British Computer Society.

Maurice Banks

In the United Kingdom 1971 New Year's Honours List, Banks was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II as a Knight Bachelor for services to patent law. In 1972, he received the UK Businessman of the Year award, presented by Lord George-Brown at the Savoy Hotel in central London.

Maurice Banks

Maurice Banks was married to a United States citizen, Anne Banks. Health advocate and activist Joan Banks Dunlop (1934–2012) was their daughter.

See also

List of presidents of the British Computer Society

1971 New Year Honours

References

1901 births

1991 deaths

20th-century British businesspeople

People educated at Westminster School, London

British corporate directors

BP people

Knights Bachelor

Presidents of the British Computer Society