Tributes have continued to pour in for the late Dr Alexander Aristotelis Thomopulos, former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of The Guardian Newspapers, following the announcement of his passing by the family.
Lady Maiden Ibru, Chairman/Publisher of The Guardian and younger sister to Thomopulos, his cousin, Mr Toke Alex-Ibru, the CEO, Thomopulos’ daughter, friends and former associates mourn his passing and relive his life and times.
Thomopulous, 78, passed on Monday, December 22, 2025, at a Lagos private hospital, into which he had been admitted following an illness. A United States-trained technocrat and environmental scientist, he was the newspaper’s COO from April 2010 to June 2016, a period that witnessed a lot of structural consolidations in the post-founder Alex Ibru era.
Thomopulos, who joined The Guardian from Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island in Lagos, brought in remarkable administrative and visionary experience that turned the newspaper around and prepared it for digital and energy transformation.
Dr Alex Thomopulos was also a non-executive director on t
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