Background Information

Nectar, the United Kingdom’s leading coalition loyalty programme is owned by Groupe Aeroplan Inc., a leading international loyalty management corporation.

More than 50 per cent of UK households collect Nectar points when shopping for groceries, booking a holiday, paying household bills, buying petrol and even eating out. Collectors also earn Nectar points every time they shop online via Nectar eStores at over 220 leading online retailers.

Since Nectar’s launch in 2002, over £1 billion of rewards have been redeemed by its collectors. Rewards include money off shopping, travel and general merchandise.

For more information about Nectar, please visit: www.nectar.com.

Jan-Pieter Lips, Managing Director, Nectar

Jan-Pieter Lips is Managing Director of Nectar and is responsible for the management and continued expansion of the Nectar programme in the UK.

In his previous role Jan-Pieter was Director of Client Development and was responsible for the company's efforts in developing relationships with leading UK companies to participate as Sponsors of Nectar and Nectar for Business programmes. Prior to this, Jan-Pieter was responsible for the development, launch and continued evolution of Nectar Business, the extension of the Nectar programme into the Business to Business market. In the years 2000 to 2002, Jan-Pieter was International Business Development Director at Loyalty Management International B.V. Jan-Pieter's responsibilities included the development of opportunities to launch multi-company loyalty programmes in markets worldwide. Prior to joining LMI, Jan-Pieter worked at Loyalty Management Netherlands BV, the company that operates the Dutch Air Miles programme where he focused on the signing of new Sponsors, account management and e-commerce. Jan-Pieter started his career at Vendex (now Vendex KBB), the leading Dutch retail conglomerate. Jan-Pieter was born and educated in The Netherlands. He holds a degree in Business Economics from the University of Amsterdam.