2021 Creative LIAisons Coaches

Wesley ter Haar

Founder of MediaMonks
Executive Director at S4 Capital Group
Amsterdam
, The Netherlands

Wesley ter Haar is the founder of MediaMonks, a creative production powerhouse with global reach, recognition and clients. He currently sits on the boards of SoDA (The Digital Society) and S4Capital. Under his ongoing leadership for more than 20 years, Wesley has sought to wage war on mediocre digital production, growing MediaMonks from a humble production house into an end-to-end creative and production partner, through aggressive expansion and many mergers throughout the years. Employing over 4,400+ people in 31 countries, the MediaMonks team as part of S4Capital, works across time zones and around the world to achieve unparalleled creative quality recognized by many Cannes Lions, FWA Awards and inclusion on the Ad Age Digital A-List.

He has spoken around the world at conferences including Cannes, Adobe MAX, CES, Advertising Week NY, Advertising Week LATAM, FIAP and more. Always looking to bring creative triumphs to justice, Wesley is the inaugural president of Cannes Lions' Digital Craft jury and today serves on the Cannes Titanium Jury, which celebrates game-changing creativity. In 2018, ter Haar earned a coveted spot on the AdAge’s 2018 Creativity All- Stars list and was inducted into the ADCN Hall of Fame in 2018.