Chester based PR agency appoint new executive

Dec 24 2009 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

CHESTER-based de Winter PR & Marketing has announced the appointment of former Cheshire & Warrington Economic Alliance (CWEA) chief executive Martin Lee to the de Winter board.

Martin joins as a non-executive director after seven years at CWEA, managing the company as it grew from a ‘blank sheet of paper’ into a leading strategic development organisation which developed projects worth more than £185m for Cheshire.

Prior to that he gained extensive business experience in the aviation sector, spending many years trading aircraft to airlines around the world and a period managing a business airport near London.

Well known and respected in the North West, Martin has been an active ambassador for Cheshire, hosting regular briefings in the House of Commons and House of Lords.

He will support the team in overseeing de Winter’s growth plans for 2010 and beyond.

This year has seen de Winter PR & Marketing celebrate its 20th anniversary by winning several prestigious new accounts, growing the team and celebrating being short-listed in this year’s Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) North West PRide Awards.

Director, Hems de Winter said: “We’re thrilled to have someone of Martin’s business experience and reputation on board. He’ll help us build on what has been our best year to date and achieve some ambitious targets for growth and service development in 2010.”