Pi Lunch with Guest Speaker Lord Tim Bell, Chairman, Chime Communications plc
Wednesday 14th October 12:30pm, Mayfair

Lord Bell began his career in 1959 at Colman Prentis and Varley and after stints with Hobson Bates and Geers Gross he helped form Saatchi and Saatchi in 1970.  He was Chief Executive and later International Chairman.  He left in 1985, by which time Saatchi and Saatchi was the number one agency network in the world.  He joined the Lowe Group (part of Interpublic) as Deputy Chairman and led an MBO of the communications division Lowe Belle Communications in 1989.  Lowe Bell Communications became Bell Pottinger and later Chime when it was floated on the LSE in 1994.  Tim has been Chairman since that time.

He was Political Advisor to Lady Thatcher from 1976 to 1990.  He was an advisor to republicans abroad for Reagan’s two elections.  He advised F. W. de Klerk in the post-apartheid election of 1994 in South Africa.  He advised Boris Yeltsin in the second presidential election of 1995.  He advised Dr. Mahatir the Prime Minister of Malaysia for sixteen years from 1997.He advised Ian Macgregor on the national coal miners strike and P&O on the seamen’s’ strike and Rupert Murdoch on the print union strike.

He has advised Chirac in France, John Howard in Australia, Eddie Fenech Adami in Malta, Thaksin Shinawatra in Thailand, The Sultan of Brunei, Mayor Lushkov in Moscow, Benita Ferrero Waldener in Austria, Far Adua in Nigeria, the Rose revolution in Georgia, the Orange revolution in Ukraine and the President of Kyrgyzstan.

He is Knight Bachelor and Baron of Belgravia.  He is a FIPR, FIPA and FMS.  He is married and has two children aged 16 and 19.  He is interested in everything.  He created and funded Comic Relief, the biggest fundraising charity in the U.K.

If you would like to attend please RSVP to Kate Lewis

kl@picapital.co.uk

020 7529 5664