Tham Khai Meng/ Ogilvy & Mather

I am the Worldwide Creative Director and Chairman, Worldwide Creative Council, and I have been with Ogilvy since 1999.

Without talent, we won't have the great stuff. Nobody is without a talent. The reason we are surrounded by mediocrity is because most of us have not discovered our talent. That's why the world is out of sync. With talent in the right places, the world would be a paradise.

My career highlight at Ogilvy? I'm still working on it.

My favorite David Ogilvy quote is: "In most agencies, account executives outnumber the copywriters two to one. If you were a dairy farmer, would you employ twice as many milkmaids as you had cows?"