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Ripple: Geographic Expansion
Ripple expanded into Latin America through partnership with Brazilian fintech Levery and FGV to bring institutional on-chain liquidity to LatAm banks.
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The leadership read
Market entry of this kind typically deepens demand for consulting leadership bench strength in the region over the following 12–18 months.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 98.6 (Neutral) (down 1.4 month-on-month), Americas is at easing (-2.6pts) on signal share.
Ripple: 3 signals in the last 90 days — above the Consulting median of 1 across 40 tracked companies; 0.2% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 3 tracked across 56 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)
MitchelLake in this thematic
Our work · 2019
VP Engineering
BCG Digital Ventures
Americas · Professional Services · engineering · venture building
Our work · 2019
EGP Cyber Sector Cloud Partner
Ernst & Young (EMEIA) Services Limited
Americas · Professional Services · cybersecurity · saas
Our work · 2019
Jason Hinds, Americas Advisory, Digital
Ernst & Young, US Advisory Services
Americas · Professional Services · consulting · digital advisory
Also at Ripple →
More signals across Consulting
Geographic Expansion · Americas
MoonPay →MoonPay launched Virtual Accounts in New York, expanding enterprise stablecoin infrastructure capabilities
Ma Activity · Americas
Transurban →Transurban divested its 50% stake in a 7.2km Canadian toll road and bridge to La Caisse for C$280 million, exiting co-ownership position and consolidating Canadian infrastructure assets.
Leadership Change · Americas
Publicis Groupe →Publicis Groupe hires Javier Campopiano as Chief Creative Officer for Leo Constellation Americas and Iberia division
Strategic Hiring · Americas
Dave & Buster's →Arcade-restaurant operator Dave & Buster's is conducting a creative review handled by Joanne Davis Consulting. Incumbent unclear; company worked with Deloitte Digital as recently as March.
Capital Raising · Americas
Fractal →Fractal's board approved $6M investment in US-based subsidiary Asper US for R&D and sales/marketing expansion
Leadership Change · Americas
SignalFire →Partner Oana Olteanu departed SignalFire to start her own fund Motive Force
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