Gowthaman was till recently Global Client Lead, WPP & Global Blockchain Solutions Lead, GroupM. Mostly known as G’man to many in the marketing fraternity, he is now leading a team of industry experts across marketing, data, insights, security and technology in setting up Aqilliz, the first of its kind blockchain solutions company for the marketing industry.

Starting his career as a media planner from Chennai in India, G’man has spent these 30 years, across multiple geographies, gaining hands on experience at every stage of the value chain from strategy to its execution. He strongly believes that Advertising & Marketing industry is at an inflexion point to reinvent itself for the emerging marketing platform economy.