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CHELGATE APPOINTS WINGATE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
19 February 2001

Chelgate Limited has announced the appointment of Frank Wingate as Executive Vice President.

Chelgate's Chairman and CEO, Terence Fane-Saunders, said that Wingate, who previously headed Chelgate's Asian operations centred in Hong Kong, would complement the company's management team and bring valuable international experience into its servicing capability.

"Frank brings us wide-ranging experience from both private and public sector, as well as hands-on management skills, and will further reinforce our counselling strength," Fane-Saunders added.

As well as assisting with the servicing of a number of Chelgate's existing accounts, Wingate will take a lead role in overall business development together with the co-ordination of the company's international interests.

Prior to joining Chelgate's London office, Wingate was Executive Vice President of Chelgate Asia, the company's Asia-Pacific headquarters, with overall management and business responsibility for the region. He assumed that position in 1996, when Chelgate acquired his own start-up company, Wingate PR, and merged it with Chelgate Asia which has operated in the region since 1989.

Chelgate Asia focuses on new media, telecommunications, trade and investment and consumer lines of business. The company's client list includes global internet names, top telecom brands and the Hong Kong Government's inward investment bureau as well as the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Before 1991, Wingate was International Publicity Manager for the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, in charge of the Council's global PR strategy and implementation.

A graduate of Oxford University, he is 51 years old and a British citizen.

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