PlaySafe Holding N.V.
Company History Strategy Board Management Responsible Gaming

Management of
Ecom Enterprise N.V. (Operations)

Ben Werner Johansen

CEO
Age 37

Business Candidate from Norwegian School of Management and Vestfold University College

Location, Netherlands Antilles

Accomplishments:

  • Founder and CEO Web Game Corporation Ltd., an online sportsbetting and casino operator based in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.
  • Co-developer of Pantelotteriet, a new lottery project using recyclable bottles as stake. Patented and currently operating in co-operating with Tomra Systems ASA and Olav Thon Gruppen, Norway.
  • Co-founder of Playsafe Holding AS
  • Previous CEO of coin slot operation in Norway, which later was sold to Norsk Lotteridrift ASA.


Johan van den Berg

CTO
Age 29

Diploma from the Computer Training Institute of South Africa

Location: South Africa

Accomplishments:

  • Co-Founder and Managing Director of IT consulting firm Teqcle Information Technologies (Pty) Ltd. 2001 till 2007. (Currently shareholder)
  • Past Fellow of the Open Source Sakai eLearning solution
  • Technical Web Specialist at the University of South Africa (1999 - 2005)


Lynn Pearce de Freitas

Director of Marketing
Age 55

Strategic Brand Management at AAA School of Advertising, Cape Town, South Africa.
Marketing, Leadership and Project Management at Technikon College,
Cape Town, South Africa.

Accomplishments:

  • Creative Director Interactive Ltd., Dubai UAE
  • General Manager of Studio & Fulfillment at Forwardslash, a leading international online marketing company for the gaming industry. Lynn was responsible for strategy, content and implementation of all creative and product development for casino, poker and bingo brands.
  • Key achievements included the successful rebranding of 10 online casinos, 2 poker rooms and the launch of a bingo website. She also implemented an eCRM loyalty program, which incorporated an online auction and fulfillment.


Neal Griffiths

Director of Operations
Age 28

GNVQ Advanced Business Studies, London

Accomplishments:

  • Fraud Investigator, Royal Bank of Scotland, London.
  • Senior Online Fraud Investigator/Team Leader at PokerStars.com, London.
  • Head of Risk and Payments at Bet24, Malta.


Carmen Conejo

Head of New Business Development, Latin America
Age 33

Architect, from Veritas School of Art and Design, Costa Rica

Accomplishments:

  • Former Vice President for America’s International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY), a youth organization from more than 100 states around the world.
  • Former Board Member of the National Institute for Housing and Urban Development (INVU), Costa Rica
  • Youngest person, and only female in Costa Rica’s history to be president of a major Political Party (PLN 2005-2009)