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.

• 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

• 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