Laidlaw departs Hong Kong for Macquarie Bank

Jardine Fleming veteren Roy Laidlaw has taken up the post of executive director and managing director of Macquarie Bank's institutional stockbroking business in Sydney. Prior to making the shift back to Australia where he has lived before, Laidlaw had been managing director and head of cash equities for Asia ex-Japan at JPMorgan. Based in Hong Kong he oversaw a business which generated $300 million in annual revenue and employed 750 staff. Laidlaw is an old Asia hand and began his c…