Bob Maiden’s steadfast banking principles came to the fore when Robert Maxwell strode into the St Andrew Square headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1986 and announced that he was in Edinburgh to save that year’s Commonwealth Games and that the Scottish banking world must help him. There was a £2 million black hole in the business plan as various broadcasters and sponsors pulled out.
Maiden listened as the bombastic tycoon described how much new business RBS could enjoy by pledging a significant contribution to the cause. It was Maiden’s patriotic duty to come up with the cash – maybe a million or so would do it. Of course the bank would get its money back. Perhaps Maiden could even stand next to
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