Maurice Banks

For the American football coach, see Maurice Banks (American football).

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

Educated at Westminster School in London,^{[citation needed]} Banks was a Director of Oakbank Oil Co. Ltd during 1962/3–1963, which became BP Exploration (Associated Holdings) in 1963.^[1] He was also a Director of Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd over the same period.^[2] He was also Chairman of the Laird Group.^[3]

During 1965–66, Banks was President of the British Computer Society.^[4]

In the United Kingdom 1971 New Year's Honours List, Banks was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II^[5] as a Knight Bachelor for services to patent law.^[6] In 1972, he received the UK Businessman of the Year award, presented by Lord George-Brown at the Savoy Hotel in central London.^[3]

Maurice Banks was married to a United States citizen, Anne Banks. Health advocate and activist Joan Banks Dunlop (1934–2012) was their daughter.^[7]

See also

• List of presidents of the British Computer Society
• 1971 New Year Honours