Governance Report Board of Directors Sir Martin Wesley Sorrell ter Haar Executive Chairman Executive Director Age: 77 Age: 43 Date of appointment to the Board: Date of appointment to the Board: 28 September 2018 4 December 2018 Nationality: British Nationality: Dutch Sir Martin was Founder and CEO of WPP Wesley ter Haar is the founder of MediaMonks. for 33 years, building it from a £1 million Under his ongoing leadership for nearly ‘shell’ company in 1985 into the world’s 20 years, Wesley has sought to wage war largest advertising and marketing services on mediocre digital production, growing company. When Sir Martin left in April 2018, MediaMonks from a humble production house WPP had a market capitalisation of over into an end-to-end creative and production £16 billion, revenues of over £15 billion, profits partner, through aggressive expansion and of approximately £2 billion and over 200,000 many combinations throughout the years. people in 113 countries. Prior to that, Sir Always looking to bring creative triumphs to Martin was Group Financial Director of Saatchi justice, Wesley is the inaugural president of & Saatchi plc for nine years and worked Cannes Lions’ Digital Craft jury and today for James Gulliver, Mark McCormack and serves on the Cannes Titanium Jury, which Glendinning Associates before that. celebrates game-changing creativity. In 2018, Sir Martin supports a number of leading ter Haar earned a coveted spot on the AdAge’s business schools and universities, including 2018 Creativity All-Stars list and was inducted his alma maters, Harvard Business School into the ADCN Hall of Fame in 2018. He is a and Cambridge University and a number of board member of SoDA (The Digital Society). charities, including his family foundation. 48 S4Capital Annual Report and Accounts 2021