Who we are
Factsheet Novamedia
Novamedia is the owner of the Postcode Lottery format, The Dutch Postcode Lottery was launched in 1989 to raise money for charity organisations that work to create a fairer greener world.
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Meet the Board
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Company directors
The executive board is supported by a team of company directors, each of whom has his or her own specialisation: Harold Zwaal (commercial director), Jan Oostrom (IT director), Eva Struving (International & Charity director) and Annemiek Hoogenboom (Country Manager UK)Back...
Harold Zwaal Commercial director
Harold Zwaal has considerable experience in commerce. He started working as a Sales Manager for Procter & Gamble back in 1980 and went on to work as a Sales Manager for Nieuwstribune, a professional journal focusing on marketing communication. From 1989 he was involved in the launch of RTL Television as Sales Director for Spot and Non-Spot. In 1995 he was one of the co-founders of the SBS Broadcasting media production company and served as Chief Commercial Officer and as a Supervisory Board Member through to 2005. Partly thanks to his efforts, SBS Broadcasting went on to become a very successful media operator with three channels and its own production company in the Dutch market. Harold Zwaal was appointed as Commercial Director of Novamedia in 2006 and is responsible for all of the commercial activities undertaken for the lotteries in all of the countries in which Novamedia operates.
Eva Struving - International & Charity director
Eva Struving has a background and international experience in Public Relations and Communication having worked for Ketchum Public Relations in New York among other companies. Eva joined Novamedia in 1991 and worked on the international rollout of the Nationale Postcode Loterij. She then went on to set up the Communication Department and Charities Department of the Nationale Postcode Loterij, the Sponsor Bingo Loterij and later the BankGiro Loterij. In 2001 she supervised the takeover of BingoLotto in Sweden and from 2003 was involved in setting up the Svenska Postkod Lotteriet. As Charities Director she is responsible for relations with international charity organisations.
Jan Oostrom - IT Director
Jan has been working for Novamedia since 1983 and is the director responsible for IT and Operations. After completing his studies in higher level business administration and economics Jan held various positions within TNT (the introduction the postcode system in the Netherlands), ING (funds transfer services) and Experian (Database Marketing, MOSAIC, and Credit Scoring). Within Novamedia Jan concentrates on supporting the lotteries with advanced multi-channel IT solutions, payment systems and game development. Back...
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