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Timothy Bell, Baron Bell (b.
18 October 1941) is a prominent advertising and
public relations executive in the
United Kingdom, best known for his advisory role in
Margaret Thatcher's three successful general election campaigns.
Lord Bell worked in various advertising/PR firms before helping to found and becoming Managing Director of
Saatchi and Saatchi in 1970 (later serving as chairman and managing director of Saatchi and Saatchi Compton from 1975). He eventually would leave to start his own agency, Lowe Bell Communications, in 1987, and became Chairman of Chime Communications in 1994 (which includes includes the Bell Pottinger Group).
While at Saatchi and Saatchi and later his own agency, Bell was instrumental in the
Conservative general election campaign victories of
Margaret Thatcher. In her first
1979 victory, he advised the future Prime Minister on interview techniques, clothing, and even hairstyle choices. He also courted newspaper editors and worked on devastating attacks on the
Labour Party.
In 1984 Bell was seconded to the
National Coal Board to advise on media strategy at the start of the
miners' strike. He didn't just work on media relations, however: he also helped set the terms of the negotiations and course of government policy, sensing the Conservatives' strong support on this issue with the public.
Bell was knighted in 1990 by Margaret Thatcher and made a
Life Peer by
Tony Blair as
Baron Bell, of Belgravia in 1998. He is now often seen on panels and current affairs programmes discussing the issues of the day, and is Chairman of the Conservative Party's
Keep the £ Campaign. He has also served on various arts and public administration bodies.
During the 1997 general election campaign a book was serialised in
The Observer newspaper claiming Bell had used cocaine in the 1970s.
Tim Bell has recently been an advisor to the
Iraqi government on the "promotion of democracy".
Lord Bell, a friend of Russian tycoon
Boris Berezovsky, handled the media attention behind poisoned Russian ex-spy
Alexander Litvinenko, who died in hospital
23 November 2006. The Bell Pottinger Communications agency distributed the famous photograph showing a hairless Litvinenko in his hospital bed. The PR Agency also offered advice to relatives of Mr Litvinenko and his spokesman Alex Goldfarb.
In
December 2006 Lord Bell successfully lobbied on behalf of the Saudi government to discontinue the
Serious Fraud Office investigation into alleged bribes in the
Al Yamamah arms deal.
Books
- Mark Hollingsworth, The Ultimate spin doctor: the life and fast times of Tim Bell, 1997.
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