POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints David Ham and Arthur D'Angelo, and each
of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and revocation, in his name and on his behalf, to do any and all
acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which they and each of
them may deem necessary or advisable to enable Cordiant Communications Group plc
(the "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the registration
under the Act of 6,818,503 Ordinary Shares of the Company that may be offered
pursuant to the Stock Option Plan, including power and authority to sign his
name in any and all capacities (including his capacity as a Director and/or
Officer and/or U.S. Representative of the Company) to a Registration Statement
on Form S-8, and to any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments,
to such Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents
filed as part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or any
amendments thereto; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on this 5th day of September, 2000.
NAME TITLE
/S/ Michael Bungey Director and Chief Executive Officer
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Michael Bungey
/S/ Arthur D'Angelo Finance Director
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Arthur D'Angelo
/S/ Jean de Yturbe Director, Chairman, Bates Europe
--------------------------------
Jean de Yturbe
-------------------------------- Director, Chief Executive Officer,
Ian Smith President/International Bates World
Wide, Inc. Pacific
/S/ Peter M. Schoning Director, Chairman and Chief
-------------------------------- Executive Officer, Scholz & Friends
Peter M. Schoning
/S/ William Whitehead Director, Chief Executive Officer,
-------------------------------- Bates North America
William Whitehead
-------------------------------- Executive Chairman
Charles Scott
-------------------------------- Non-executive director
Dudley Fishburn
-------------------------------- Non-executive director
Professor Theodore Levitt
/S/ James Tyrrell Non-executive director
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James Tyrrell
/S/ Dr. Rolf Stomberg Non-executive director
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Dr. Rolf Stomberg
/S/ Michael Kopcsak Authorized Representative in the
-------------------------------- United States
Michael Kopcsak
Gould & Wilkie LLP
