Premutico made headlines as arguably the world’s most awarded creative talent under the age of 30. In 2005 Campaign magazine rated him the best young talent in the UK market. At the age of 26, he became a Creative Director and member of the leadership team at Saatchi New York, being promoted to Executive Creative Director of the largest office in the Saatchi & Saatchi network just two years later. He helped take the agency to Cannes and Clio “Agency of The Year”, the work lead to P&G receiving the marketer of the year prize at the Cannes Advertising festival in ‘08. Premutico featured in Creativity’s 50 most influential creative people and was ranked as one of the world’s top five Creative Directors. A big believer in the difference the industry’s young talent can make, his agencies were twice involved in winning Young Guns Agency of the year titles. With longtime partner Jan Jacobs, Leo opened his own creative company Johannes Leonardo in 2007