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Saffron Brand Consultants
Company typeIndependent
IndustryBrand consultancy
FoundedMadrid & London, 2001 (2001)
FoundersJacob Benbunan
Wally Olins
Headquarters
London, Madrid, Vienna, Istanbul, Mumbai
Number of locations
5
Key people
Jacob Benbunan (CEO), Gabor Schreier (Chief Creative Officer), Luz Erhardt (Chief Client Services Officer), Fernando Ortiz Ehmann (Chief Strategy Officer), Ben Knapp (Chief Growth Officer), Santiago Canosa (Chief Financial Officer), Alfredo Fraile (Chief Business Development Officer)
Number of employees
70
Websitesaffron-consultants.com

Saffron Brand Consultants is an independent global brand consultancy. Specialising in brand, Saffron are experts in all areas of brand, from brand strategy to crafting brand experiences and visual identities.

It was founded in 2001 by Jacob Benbunan and Wally Olins.[1]

The company has offices in London, Madrid, Vienna, Istanbul and Mumbai, with strategic partners in New York and São Paulo. They work with clients all over the world, from San Francisco to London, from Moscow to Hong Kong.

Work

Saffron has advised businesses and institutions all over the world on brand and strategy. Their clients come from a wide variety of sectors[2], from energy to telecommunications, retail to museums, Silicon Valley giants to European start-ups.

Some notable clients include YouTube[3], Siemens, Engie, Goldman Sachs, Santander, T-Mobile, Vueling, BBVA, Bankinter, Sodexo, Flying Tiger Copenhagen, Pacha, A1 Telekom Austria, C&A, Fujitsu, Volotea, V Festival, Doha Film Institute, King's College London, The Institute of Cancer Research,  Madrid Open and Turkcell, Vueling, Coca Cola, C&A, Fujitsu, Raiffeisen Bank International, LVMH, Iberia, Lloyd's of London, Swiss Re.

Saffron has worked for a number of cities and countries on place brand strategy and identities including Vienna, the world’s most liveable city, and London, Northern Ireland, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago and Poland.[13]

The company also works to define Employee Value Proposition for clients, notably Sodexo, one of the world’s largest employers.

Recent clients of Saffron include London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, Despegar – Latin America’s largest online travel agency, HK Express airline, Collinear, Gulf Air and Repsol.

References

  1. ^ York, Peter; Damazer, Mark (2014-04-15). "Wally Olins obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  2. ^ "Saffron Brand Consultants Website".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Saffron for YouTube".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)