Gautam Reghunath is Co-Founder and CEO of Talented, an employee-owned independent creative agency from India. In two years Talented’s work has seen them heralded as one of India's top creative hot shops and counts itself among the country's winningest agencies at Cannes Lions.

More importantly, they're champions of a new ‘agency experience’ founded on respect for human values. The agency is prototyping radical policies that include employee equity ownership, paid interviews, re-imagined thinking around time-off, credit culture, and entry-level salaries etc. All of this manifested through a fully public agency handbook.

Previously, Gautam spent 11 years at Dentsu Webchutney India (dentsu creative), the last few as CEO when the agency became Cannes Lions Global Agency of the Year 2022 - a first for India. He has over 100 creative awards to his name including multiple Grand Prix and a Titanium at Cannes Lions.