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]