Bell Pottinger Group - Key People: Claire Cater

Claire Cater
Claire is Group Director of the Bell Pottinger Group and leads its crisis communications and health practices. She has eighteen years experience of corporate communication in both the public and private sectors and specialises in working with organisations which require an understanding of the interplay between media and politics at a local, national and international level.

Claire managed one of Britain’s biggest health scares in The Kent & Canterbury Smear Test issue, which involved 100,000 women, and also has experience high profile tribunals, medical negligence and corporate reputation challenges such as The Microsoft ‘Anti Trust case’. She also put teenage couch potatoes and childhood obesity on the media agenda six years ago. Other organisations she has worked for include The Home Office – Criminal Justice Reform, Menatep (Russia), Raytheon, Hong Kong TDC, The Energy Retail Association, Women of The Year, The Food and Drink Federation, the DoH and numerous NHS Trusts.

Prior to joining Chime, Claire was Head of Corporate Communications for The BUPA Group, where she ran a 24 hour PR service and was responsible for increasing press coverage by 800% in three years (thus moving its favourability from number four among its peers to the number one slot). Prior to BUPA she ran her own consultancy, which floated on NASDAQ in 1998.

Prior to joining Chime, Claire was Head of Corporate Communications for The BUPA Group, where she ran a 24 hour PR service and was responsible for increasing press coverage by 800% in three years.