BDO is the world’s fifth largest accountancy firm with a global network of 1,138 offices in 115 countries. More than 46,000 staff provide business advisory services globally and in 2010, the combined fee income of all the BDO firms was more than £5 billion.

For their transition to a single, global name the BDO brand needed to demonstrate the organisation’s unique knowledge of local markets, businesses, sectors and regulations while demonstrating of its global reach and capabilities.

The key differentiator for BDO was that it had more local offices than any of the ‘big four’. This local expertise gave them a thorough and nuanced understanding of the daily issues faced by their clients.

We developed the brand idea, ‘reflecting our clients’ and used it to structure the award winning re-design of BDO’s Brand Expression.

As well as creating materials and guidelines for all employee and client facing communications, we built an extensive image library to convey the idea of ‘reflecting our clients’.

By matching visual expression to brand ambition, we helped BDO achieve its goals and re-position itself as a unified global accounting network. In 2018, BDO reported combined fee income of over £9 billion, nearly double that of 2010.

Recognised for excellence in rebranding at the Transform Awards:

Gold – Best brand evolution of a brand

Gold – Best implementation of a rebrand

Silver – Best corporate rebrand to reflect changed mission/values/positioning

Silver – Best internal communication of a rebrand