Colleagues remember Aleco Joannides

Mass was said at St Mary’s Church, Chelsea, after which Joannides’ ashes were interred in the church garden. Family and friends including many former colleagues then gathered at the Special Forces Club in Knightsbridge to drink to his memory. 

Joannides, pictured, died on 4 July aged 90. His 36-year career with Reuters as journalist and manager took him to Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. He retired on 1 November 1987 and in 1990 became the founding chairman of The Reuter Society.

Reuters people in attendance were: Jack Clayworth, Diana Drayton, John Entwisle, Sir Peter Job, Adam Kellett-Long, Henry and Sara Manisty, Barry May, Bernard Melunsky, Michael Nelson, Ibrahim Noori, Manfred Pagel, John Ransom, Michael Reupke, Peter Smith, Stephen Somerville, John Stephens, David Ure, and Andrew Waller. ■