Pelham Bell Pottinger, part of the Bell Pottinger Group, is pleased to announce the formation of a strategic committee comprising Baroness Patience Wheatcroft, Ambassador John Danilovich, Peter Kiernan and Alison Carnwath.
The purpose of the strategic committee is to help Pelham Bell Pottinger to develop new avenues for growth in the marketplace.
In January 2010, Chime Communications plc acquired a majority stake in Pelham PR and merged its Bell Pottinger Corporate and Financial business with Pelham PR to create Pelham Bell Pottinger. Since the merger, Pelham Bell Pottinger has established itself as a leader in global financial communications, providing clients with a complete corporate and financial offering. Ranked number two in the Morningstar All-Market Advisers rankings guide and in the top ten Global Mergers and Acquisitions mergermarket league tables, in 2011, the Pelham Bell Pottinger team advised on some 56 transactions valued at US$25 billion. It advises more than 150 financial communications clients including world class brands.
James Henderson, managing director of Pelham Bell Pottinger, said: “I am delighted to bring together such an extremely high calibre group of talented individuals from a broad cross-section of backgrounds, they will provide invaluable strategic and market-related advice to the firm and assist us in enhancing our profile in the UK.”