Jacob Benbunan
Co Founder & CEO
Saffron Brand Consultants
As co-founder and CEO at Saffron, Jacob champions the global, multi-cultural, and one-team approach that the company has embraced since its beginnings. Over the course of over twenty years he has led branding programmes across the globe, for business leaders such as A1 Telekom Austria, Vueling, Bankinter, Swiss Re, Raiffeisen, Turkcell, El Banco Deuno or Litro. Clients appreciate his relentlessly driven, focused and passionate nature. Prior to his time at Saffron, he was part of the team at Wolff Olins that created Orange in 1995 and Repsol in Spain, or led the creation of Ono. It was here he met Wally and started what was to become a lifelong partnership and friendship. Fluent in English, French and Spanish, Jacob is frequently invited to talk and comment in the media on issues related to branding and identity.

Anthony Lopez

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Arno Twigt

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Barry Schwarz

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Ben Terret

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Carlos Munoz

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Dr. Rafael Ramirez

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Erik Spiekermann

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Hugo Van Den Bos

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Jacob Benbunan

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Jacob Van Rijs

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Jim Smith

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Jochem Leegstra

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Koen Van Ovoorde

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Michael Wolff

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Ole Bouman

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Paul Hughes

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Priya Paul

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Raphael Grignani

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Richard Van Der Laken

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Rob Wagemans

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Rodney Fitch

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Roland Van Kralingen

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Ross Lovegrove

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Willem Woudenberg

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Moderators

Divya Thakur

Founder & Creative Director, Design Temple

Patrick Burgoyne

Editor, Creative Review