Chelgate Limited
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| Public relations, government relations, acute issues management, media relations | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Founded 📆 | 1988 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | London, England |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
Key people | Terence Fane-Saunders, Nicholas Wood-Dow, James Darley, Michael Hardware, Mathew Lane |
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| 🌐 Website | www.chelgate.com |
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Chelgate Limited is an independent international public relations and public affairs consultancy founded by Terence Fane-Saunders in 1988. The firm's headquarters are located in London with offices in Brussels, Belgium and Bucharest, Romania.[1]
Background
Terence Fane-Saunders is a leader in international public relations. Before founding Chelgate, he was chairman and chief executive of Burson-Marsteller in the UK, and before that, Executive Vice President, International and a member of the world board of Hill & Knowlton Inc, based in New York City. Previously, Fane-Saunders worked in the Far East, based in Hong Kong, and was responsible for the establishment of the first public relations consultancy in the People's Republic of China. In 2023, Spears Magazine - a publication targeted at UK-based ultra-high-net-worth individuals – listed Fane-Saunders as one of the UK's top ten "High Flyer" reputation management PR experts in its annual Spears500 listing, saying clients have long turned to Chelgate when "they have lost control of their own narrative".
Although operating as a "full service" PR consultancy providing the normal range of services, Chelgate is recognised for its expertise in issues and crisis management. The firm's client list remains confidential. However it is a matter of record that Chelgate assisted Shell Oil Company with its Brent Spa and Nigeria (Ken Saro-Wiwa) issues, and Mitsubishi Corporation with environmental issues, including deforestation. It was also visible during the negotiations between the Duke of Sutherland and the National Galleries of Scotland over the £100 million sale of two Titians on loan to the Galleries, with Terence Fane-Saunders acting as spokesman for the Duke. Its work for the Government of Rwanda has also been a matter of public record. Since 2008 Chelgate has worked with leading insurers to provide crisis containment and communications support to management liability and other groups of policyholders in any claim or the likelihood of an insured event with a risk to reputation.
Chelgate is also known to be active in environment-related PR. Deputy chairman Nick Wood-Dow, who heads the firm's environment division, was also founder of the Tory Green Initiative, and deputy chair of The Environment Council. Other areas include education, property, construction, energy and utilities, gambling, broadcasting, art and culture, technology, transport, planning and professional services, whilst a political relations unit provides specialist public affairs services.
Chelgate opened an office in Bucharest, Romania, in 2006, and was one of a handful of Western public relations firms operating in the country when it became a member of the EU in 2007. Chelgate's first public relations contract was handling communications for the European Commission in the run-up to accession, and Romania's early years as a member state.
Chelgate has operated a Brussels office since 1994, specifically for work covering the European Commission and European Parliament.
References
- ↑ "UK PR firm Chelgate Limited public relations - Welcome - an International PR agency based in London, UK". Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2009-04-02. Unknown parameter
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External links
- Official Chelgate website
- Chelgate Bucharest website
- Chelgate Brussels website
- Construction Manager Legal update article about localism and planning reform January 2011
- New Law Journal Article entitled The Power of PR, July 2010
- Housebuilder Magazine Article about the forthcoming Tory Green Paper on planning, October 2009
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