COO - Crypto Exchange

We have been engaged by a leading global crypto exchange undergoing rapid evolution into a multi-product financial platform spanning trading, payments, wealth, and institutional solutions. As the business scales across regions and regulatory environments, our client is seeking a Chief Operating Officer to drive global execution, performance, and operational discipline at group level. Reporting to the Founder, this role owns end-to-end P&L and ensures alignment between central strategy and regional delivery. **Key Responsibilities** - Own global P&L, driving revenue growth, cost efficiency, and profitability - Lead regional business heads, instilling accountability and execution rigour - Define and implement operating strategy across multiple markets - Scale market expansion leveraging local regulatory and commercial dynamics - Optimise performance across a diversified product suite (trading, payments, wealth, institutional) - Establish KPI frameworks and embed data-driven decision making - Partner cross-functionally (Product, Tech, Compliance) to enable scalable growth - Identify new revenue streams and strategic growth initiatives - Drive operational excellence across all markets **Candidate Profile** - Senior executive with proven global P&L ownership - Track record scaling high-growth, complex businesses across multiple markets - Strong understanding of international regulatory and commercial landscapes - Experience in crypto, fintech, or adjacent digital sectors preferred - Strategic and hands-on operator with a strong commercial mindset - Data-led decision maker with high execution intensity - Able to influence senior stakeholders across regions and functions - Fluent English required