Chime Communications Limited
Chime Communications Limited is a marketing services company headquartered in Westminster, London, United Kingdom. Chime is the holding company for a portfolio of companies which include sports marketing, public relations, advertising, digital, marketing, research, corporate responsibility and healthcare communications. Chime was founded as a private company in 1989 following a management buyout from Lowe Howard Spink and Bell to form Lowe Bell Communications and subsequently floated in 1994 as Chime Communications plc before going private again in late 2015. Chime comprises five divisions, 54 companies and over 2,000 people. Until July 2012 the now disgraced PR firm , Bell Pottinger, was wholly owned by Chime Communications. Operations. The group comprises CSM in sport and entertainment; the VCCP Group in marketing communications; and VCCP Business for communications in specialist market places. Executive management. The company is governed by an executive management team, consisting of Adrian Coleman and Matthew Vandrau (co-chief executives), Jo Parker (chief operating officer), Stephanie Brimacombe (managing director) and David Crowther (chief financial officer). Notable former directors include Lord Davies of Abersoch (who left the board following Chime's takeover in October 2015), Lord Hannay of Chiswick and Dame Sue Tinson (who both left the board  on 31 December 2006), and Lord Bell (who left the board in June 2012 following a MBO by Bell Pottinger's management team). Good Relations group. The Good Relations Group, owned by Chime Communications Limited, has 215 staff, 172 based in the UK. As well as Good Relations, the group also includes agencies Harvard, MMK and Ptarmigan; some regional offices of Bell Pottinger Group were also rebranded as Good Relations following Bell Pottinger's MBO in June 2012. The Good Relations Group CEO is former London Olympics communications chief Jackie Brock-Doyle. Clients. Group clients include Sky, Sony, Vodafone, Unilever  and EADS. Until July 2012, it also managed PR for Nintendo. Prior to the MBO split, notable Bell Pottinger clients won by Good Relations included: London Stock Exchange de-listing. Chime was de-listed from the London Stock Exchange on 16 October 2015 and re-registered as a private company following a takeover by Providence Equity Partners (81.1%) and WPP plc (18.9%).<ref name="Chime targets expansion after completing £374m sale to WPP/Providence"></ref> Chime was re-registered as a limited company on 19 October 2015.