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Ripple: Geographic Expansion
Ripple secured a preliminary MiCA CASP license in Luxembourg, establishing EU market access for digital asset services.
Source: The Block Research
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: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 107.4 (Hot) — down 1.7 versus the prior month — and EMEA signal share is easing (-6.4pts).
Ripple: 9 signals in the last 90 days — above the Consulting median of 1 across 47 tracked companies; 0.4% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 10 tracked across 98 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
Also at Ripple →
More signals across Consulting
Geographic Expansion · EMEA
TechnologyOne →TechnologyOne expanding aggressively in UK market with £53m ARR, up 23%, targeting council consolidation opportunities
Ma Activity · EMEA
MoonPay →MoonPay acquired Glide to enhance its crypto deposit infrastructure, integrating Glide's technology into MoonPay Deposits API-based funding solution.
Partnership · EMEA
PA Consulting →PA Consulting awarded £13.5 million five-month contract extension by UK Home Office for Atlas immigration system after procurement challenge derailed open bidding process.
Ma Activity · EMEA
Temenos →Temenos completed acquisition of Swiss fintech additiv, integrating AI-powered wealth management orchestration tools into core banking platform
Partnership · EMEA
Arcadis →Arcadis appointed to Transport for London's Professional Services Framework 3, expanding its public sector infrastructure advisory footprint in the UK.
Leadership Change · EMEA
Sopra Steria →Laura Chaubard appointed to lead Defense, Security & Space vertical at Sopra Steria. Chaubard is a Polytechnic graduate, general armaments engineer, and former director-general of École Polytechnique.
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