Chelgate

Chelgate is a PR and lobbying firm headquartered in London, with branch offices in the North of England, Brussels and Romania.

Secrecy

Chelgate describes its style as "unusually discreet and low-profile"... "More than half our client relationships are subject to formal confidentiality agreements. But even when that’s not the case, we think our clients should always have the right to expect professional confidentiality."

People

• Terence Fane-Saunders, Chairman & Chief Executive. Regarded as one of the leaders of the international public relations profession. Before founding Chelgate in 1988 he was Chairman and Chief Executive of PR and lobbying giant Burson-Marsteller. Prior to that he served on the worldwide board of Hill and Knowlton.

• William Macintyre CB, Executive Vice-President. "Expert in the workings of Government and Whitehall", Macintyre had a long career in the Civil Service where he was head of several major directorates at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). For example, he was former head of the Communications and Information Industries Directorate in the DTI he was responsible for developing and implementing the Government's Information Age policies and for its relationships with the ITEC industries.

• Nicholas Wood-Dow, Executive Vice-President. Has special responsibility at Chelgate for local and national government relations, and has practical experience of politics at every level: he has been a councillor in a county borough, serving on planning highways and health committees, and as deputy to the Leader on policy and resources. He was Parliamentary Candidate in Bolton South-East in the 1992 General Election. He has earlier served as public relations adviser to the European Democratic Group of MEPs in Strasbourg.

• Tim Arnold, head of media relations. Former Sky News anchor.

Clients

PR Week reported in May 2008 that insurer Hiscox in a deal with Chelgate will offer its own clients crisis management support. Chelgate will be available to Hiscox clients that purchase additional cover under the scheme. As soon as company directors or officers are aware of 'a claim or an insured event with a risk to reputation', Chelgate will be brought in to advise.

• Duke of Sutherland. Fane-Saunders is representing the Duke in 2008/09 during the period when the Duke was negotiating the sale of two paintings by Titian from his Bridgewater collection. One of the Titians - Diana and Actaeon - had been on public display in Britain for more than 200 years but could have been lost had the Duke sold to a private buyer. It was eventually sold to a group of public bodies for £50m in Feb 2009.

• It was reported in June 2008 that Fane-Saunders had set up a website - secondhomemalaysia.co.uk, a website that offers guidance on life and how to find a property in Malaysia.

Contacts

Chelgate Limited 1 Tanner Street, LONDON, SE1 Website: http://www.chelgate.com