Keely Cat-Wells

CEO of C Talent

Entertainment
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Keely Cat-Wells is a Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe Entertainment 2021 honoree, an Aerie Change-Maker, Advisory Board Member at Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, has been a disability subject matter expert at Google and The Lego Group. Keely is also the CEO and Founder of C Talent and Zetta Studios.

Keely founded her first company at a young age during her time in hospital, which developed into C Talent. C Talent represents Deaf and Disabled artists, athletes and influencers globally, and provides disability and accessibility consulting for the entertainment industry and Fortune 500 companies.

After noticing the lack of access in the entertainment industry, Keely formed Zetta Studios which is set to be the world’s first-ever studio to be a fully accessible, designed with disabled people in mind.

C Talent was awarded as a Red Backpack Fund Recipient from Spanx by The Sara Blakely Foundation and gained corporate sponsorship from American Eagle Outfitters. Under the banner of C Talent, Keely has spoken as a disability subject matter expert for companies and organizations including the United Nations, Google, UCLA, The Portland Film Festival, Comcast NBCUniversal Xfinity, India National Ability Summit, Toronto International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, Virgin Media’s Ultraviolet event among others. C Talent’s consulting clients include Virgin Media, the International Paralympic Committee, Adam&EveDDB, The National Lottery, NBC, LEGO, and more.

I believe to change the world we have to learn to tell and listen to a new set of stories about the world we want to create. We have to familiarise audiences with seeing disabled people on their screen, authentically and in a new light. Knowledge is power, and the media is a global teacher whether we actively realise it when we are watching entertainment or not.”