Landale moved to the Far East and became both managing director of Jardine Matheson and the Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council in 1907.

He was also director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation until his resignation in 1920.

He was also the chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce in 1915.

[2] One of his sons David Fortune "Taffy" Landale also became the Chairman and Managing Director of Jardines.

He was maternal great-grandfather to Olympic champion, Matthew Pinsent.