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
- --------------------------------
Michael Bungey


/S/ Arthur D'Angelo                         Finance Director
- --------------------------------
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
- --------------------------------
James Tyrrell


/S/ Dr. Rolf Stomberg                       Non-executive director
- --------------------------------
Dr. Rolf Stomberg


/S/ Michael Kopcsak                         Authorized Representative in the
- --------------------------------            United States
Michael Kopcsak
Gould & Wilkie LLP