R&D stands for Robin Jaffray & Tim Doust.
We are highly experienced agency founders and strategy leaders, experienced with leading independent and network advertising, digital agencies and brands.
We like to treat our relationships as partnerships. We like to work with people who seek value in their own work and ours too. We work with businesses that we can impact and learn from.
We understand every businesses is different, so we get to know you and remain flexible and agile.
All with some fun along the way.
About Us
Robin Jaffray
I’ve been lucky enough to lead the strategic thinking on some of the world’s largest blue chip brands like Microsoft, and red sauce ones like Heinz. I’ve run the strategy teams at fast growing and award-winning agencies like McCann, Chemistry Digital and FCB Inferno.
Now I mainly help business leaders with their growth strategy and branding but secretly really like rolling my sleeves up on the odd pitch.
I’ve worked extensively on international brands and seen action in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Asia and the US. I am a visiting Professeur on the Digital Communications and Luxury Marketing Masters courses at CREA European Business School in Geneva.
For R&D I lead brand and business strategy, for individual businesses, and group level planning.
Founding Partner
Tim Doust
Our main goal is simple: to make our clients' business develop and flourish.
Having been in the Media & Marketing industry for over 30 years, I’ve led the delivery of an amazing number of campaigns but my biggest achievement to date has been launching Inferno (one of London's leading integrated agencies), and watching it grow year-on-year.
I'm told that my key speciality is business lunches, and I can't really argue with that! On the more serious side, New Business and Networking are my cups of tea. As a Founder I also look after young talent and nurture our future industry superstars.
I like the personal touch and have successfully seen through the acquisition/transaction of Inferno into FCB (IPG) and one thing about me that isn’t commonly known — I used to be a professional football player!
For R&D I look after network and business development, new business and intermediary relationships.