Bell Pottinger Sans Frontières was the original and first business of the group. It was originally called Lowe Bell Consultants and subsequently Bell Pottinger Consultants and now Bell Pottinger Sans Frontières.

It was started in 1987 by Tim Bell and he has continued to be heavily involved in the business ever since.

Over the years highlights have been:
  The Guiness bid for distillers
  The Hanson bid for Imperial Tobacco
  Jimmy Goldsmith’s bid for BAT
  The first Elections post Apartheid in South Africa
  Yeltsin’s 2nd Election in Russia
  Yes to Europe campaign in Sweden
  Most of Dr Mahatir’s elections in Malaysia
  Representing The Sultan of Brunei, Jeffery Sterling’s
P &O, Rupert Murdoch at News Corps, Johan Rupert at Richmont, Sir David and Sir Fred Barclay at Ellerman and Arnold Weinstock’s GEC
  The Privatisation of electricity in the UK
  The Development of BA as the World’s favourite airline
  General Elections in Malta, Chile, France, Ukraine, Georgia, Latvia and Estonia