Falkland Islands Association Chairman visits the Falkland Islands 2025

In October and November, FIA Chairman Russell La Forte and his wife Gillian, returned to visit the Falkland Islands for the first time since their departure in 2015 when he handed over as CBFSAI. At the end of their 3-week visit, Russell said ‘Change is inevitable, and despite a number of developments in Stanley in the past 10 years and the promise of more to come, the most significant and reassuring continuity was the quintessential character of the Islands and the Falkland Islanders, the stark, breathtaking beauty of the former, and the warmth, humour, hospitality, confidence and resilience of the latter. Long may it continue and …. Desire the Right’.

Chairman FIA and HE The Governor, Colin Martin-Reynolds (12 Nov). It was a privilege to meet with HE The Governor to hear at first-hand his assessment of it being such a ‘genuinely exciting time to be in the Falkland Islands’, to discuss his vision for the Falkland Islands and how the FIA might best support it.

Russell La Forte, Chairman FIA, returns to the Falkland Islands for the first time in 10 years since handing over as CBFSAI in 2015.

Gerald Cheek and his wife Marie – 12 November 2025.

Presentation to Gerald Cheek – 12 November 2025.

FIA Stanley Committee dinner at the Malvina Hotel, marking the retirement of Gerald Cheek from the committee after a simply astonishing 51 years service (since 1974) to the Association – 12 November 2025.

Chairman FIA and his wife Gillian, next to an A400M at Mount Pleasant. The aircraft had just returned from a successful search and rescue mission 100 miles offshore, recovering a seriously ill Korean fisherman – 10 November 2025.

Chairman FIA, a former CBFSAI from 2013 to 2015, meets his successor, Brigadier Charlie Harmer at Mount Pleasant Camp (10 Nov). ‘Out with the old (much older) and in with the new ……’

Chairman FIA, HE The Governor and Stanley Committee members Ailsa Heathman and Andrew Newman- 12 November 2025.