Background
Leech, John was born on April 21, 1925 in Potsdam, Germany. Arrived in United Kingdom, 1939. Son of Hans-Joachim Freiherr and Josefine Freifrau (Schoenfeld) von Reitzenstein.
Leech, John was born on April 21, 1925 in Potsdam, Germany. Arrived in United Kingdom, 1939. Son of Hans-Joachim Freiherr and Josefine Freifrau (Schoenfeld) von Reitzenstein.
Student, Whitgift, Croydon, United Kingdom, 1939-1942; student, London U., 1943-1947.
General manager, chief engineer, Bird and Company Ltd., Calcutta, India, 1953-1957; director, Europe House, London, 1958-1965; assistant director, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Paliamentarians Conference, London, 1959-1960; head of external relations, member management board, Commonwealth Development Corporation, London and overseas, 1965-1985; deputy chairman, Rural Investment Overseas Ltd., Stroud, United Kingdom, since 1985; deputy chairman, RIO BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, since 1987; director, Farm Superior vena cava syndrome Company BV, Rotterdam, since 1987. Coordinator Interact Group of European Development Finance Institutions, London, 1973-1985.
European coordinator West-West Agenda, since 1987. Member of advisory county London Symphony Orchestra, London, 1979-1996. Chairman of the executive committee The Keyboard Charitable Trust, London, since 1991.
Iternat. county The Duke of Edinburgh's Award International Association, London, since 1980. Member county Sight Savers International, London, since 1983. Liveryman, member court Worshipful Company of Paviors, since 1968.
Fellow Royal Society of Arts. Member The Travellers Club.
Married Mair Eiluned Davies, 1949 (divorced 1958). 1 child, Caroline Ionescu. Married Noretta Conci, January 5, 1963.