Terence Fane-Saunders is a leader in international public relations professionals. Before founding Chelgate, he was chairman and chief executive of Burson-Marsteller in the UK, and before that, Executive Vice President, International and a member of the world board of Hill & Knowlton Inc, based in New York City. Previously, Fane-Saunders worked in the Far East, based in Hong Kong, and was responsible for the establishment of the first public relations consultancy in the People's Republic of China. In late 2013, Spear's Magazine – a publication targeted at UK-based ultra-high-net-worth individuals – listed Fane-Saunders as one of the UK's top ten reputation management PR experts, calling him "a heavyweight... and a reputation manager with a pedigree".Spear's Magazine, November/December 2013, page 84
