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Kaizen Gaming: Geographic Expansion
Kaizen Gaming has secured full regulatory approval in Spain (general betting, fixed-odds sports betting, advertising licenses via DGOJ) and is actively recruiting a Managing Director, Spain to lead the operational launch of its Betano sportsbook. Spain becomes Kaizen's 11th active European market across 20 regulated global jurisdictions.
Source: SBC News
The leadership read
Kaizen Gaming's expansion resets where the leadership need sits in the sector. Standing up a new market rewards operators with local networks and a record of building from scratch. The 12-to-18-month read across EMEA favours country and commercial leadership hired close to the ground.
Market context: Backdrop: a 102.6 (Warm) Talent Market Index (down 1.7 on the month) with EMEA activity steady (0pts).
Kaizen Gaming: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 2 tracked across 55 days.
Market entry — the MitchelLake playbook
When a company expands into a new market, the first leadership hires decide whether it lands. A selection of market entries we've run:
Market entry · Oceania
Square
Executive Search Fintech
Market entry
Dropbox
Executive Search for SaaS
Market entry · Asia
Deliveroo
Executive Search in ASEAN
Market entry · Oceania
SurveyMonkey
Managing Director APAC (first hire in region) / Country Manager
Market entry · Asia
LivePerson
Director ASEAN (first hire in region); also Head of Presales APAC
Market entry · Oceania
Etsy
Managing Director, Australia + Asia (MD APAC)
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