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  • Founder and Chair

    Robert is the founder of Brandland and has 30 years experience as a brand strategist, with the global agency Wolff Olins and as a Norfolk-based independent.

    At Wolff Olins, he helped over 70 organisations, in the UK and globally, to build their brands – including Aviva, Barclays, Camelot, Historic Royal Palaces, Oxfam, PwC, National Trust, Tate, Tesco, Virgin And Wikipedia.

    In 2008 he joined Norwich Business School where he set up the world’s only MSc in Brand Leadership. Over 90% of the MSc graduates go on to get jobs in branding, from Alibaba to Virgin, Google to L’Oréal, Interbrand to FITCH.

    Robert is Professor of Brand Leadership at the University of East Anglia, and author of The Big Idea and Branding: A Very Short Introduction.

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  • CEO

    Claire has over 20 years of marketing experience and a deep passion for branding and all things creative.

    Her background is in integrated-marketing, agency-side in London, having held long tenures at Iris Worldwide and Momentum, plus numerous freelance roles in between. Claire has worked for a variety of clients, from big blue-chip companies to small independent start-ups alike, including brands such as Sony, American Express and Bacardi, helping them to achieve their goals. Claire is also a freelance marketing consultant working with agencies and brands to define their goals, deliver impactful work and drive business growth.

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  • Events and Community Coordinator

    Prior to joining Brandland, Matthew completed an internship in UEA’s Corporate Marketing Team, where he worked on student recruitment content across the university website and social media, as well as supporting with brand management.

    Matthew recently spent a year as Chair of the Student Publication Association, where he led the delivery of a national conference and refined the charity’s brand identity. He is also currently a Young Producer with English Heritage.

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Team Brandland

A key aspect of the Brandland community are our board of directors and advisory group, who make up Team Brandland.

Members of Team Brandland are central to the branding and creative industries in Norwich, they offer Brandland even more insight into the current state of branding in our city.

Board of Directors

In addition to our Chair Robert Jones and CEO Claire Hogan Jones, the board of directors includes:

  • Relationship Manager – Business, Creative & Digital, University of East Anglia

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  • Creative Director, The Click

    Bobby is creative director at brand-led design studio, The Click. Bobby and his team create brand stories, identities and guidelines for a wide range of clients spanning arts, culture, heritage, retail, hospitality and technology.

    The Click's client list includes Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, Norwich Castle, Britten Sinfonia, National Centre for Writing, Jarrolds, American Library and the National Trust.

    Bobby has also co-founded a number of other ventures including Studio Inn (a creative co-working community), Nor–Folk (a lifestyle brand), Reuzer (an e-learning platform) and Buzzing (an electric-roasted coffee start-up).

    Bobby's passion for creating brands – both for his clients and self-initiated projects – is echoed in his guidance and support for Brandland.

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  • Former Global President - Landor

    Christian is a seasoned global leader with a 35-year career dedicated to delivering exceptional growth and driving impactful transformation. He spent 25 years in senior executive positions across WPP including 15 as a global client leader and also led global branding agency groups Landor and Lambie-Nairn.

    Having spent his career working in global agencies, he now works with a large companies as well as start-ups and not-for-profit organisations as a Chair/Advisor/NED/Coach putting this experience into practice and working with teams and individuals to support, coach and mentor across a series of sectors.

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