Senior search for the operators building iGaming and Web3.
Bastion places the C-suite, commercial, and product leaders inside the operators worth working for in regulated gaming and digital assets. Off-market, partner-led, and most of the time you won't see us mentioned anywhere.
Bet365
DraftKingsKraken
FanDuel
PokerStarsStake
PinnacleBetsson
EvolutionFlutterEntainBetMGMBet365DraftKingsKrakenFanDuelPokerStarsStakePinnacleBetssonEvolutionFlutterEntainBetMGMSix verticals. One bench of operators.
Cross-industry mandates welcome where the seniority and discretion match.
iGaming Operators
Casino, sportsbook, lottery, bingo. C-suite to senior commercial.
- CCO
- Head of Casino
- Director of Sportsbook
- VP Product
Crypto Exchanges & Custodians
CEX, DEX, custody, prime brokerage. Compliance-heavy senior search.
- Chief Compliance Officer
- Head of Trading
- MLRO
- VP Engineering
Web3 Gaming & Tokenised Assets
L1/L2, GameFi, on-chain studios, token economies.
- CEO
- Head of Tokenomics
- Director of Smart Contracts
- GM
Sportsbook & Trading
Trading floors, risk, pricing, B2B platforms.
- Head of Trading
- Quant Lead
- Director of Risk
- VP Sportsbook
Compliance & RegTech
Multi-jurisdiction operators. Licensing, AML, gaming regulation.
- Group CCO
- Head of AML
- Licensing Director
- MLRO
Affiliate & Performance
CPA, revshare, paid acquisition, SEO. Operator and network-side.
- Head of Affiliates
- VP Marketing
- CMO
- Acquisition Director
The seats we fill, the comp we move.
Anonymised by request. Real searches across the last twelve months.
What you get, that you don't get elsewhere.
Three principles. We will not deviate from them, no matter the brief or the fee.
Quiet by default
Most of what we do never gets posted anywhere. We approach a small number of people directly, on the right brief, and the rest of the market never sees it.
We've sat in the seat
Our consultants have run trading desks, owned compliance functions, and built product orgs from scratch. That changes the conversation on both sides of the table.
Network, not a database
Every shortlist is a real introduction. People we know, working in roles we understand, called when there's something worth their attention.
Five steps. Forty days, on average.
Brief
A working session with the hiring principal. We pressure-test the spec before we touch the market.
Map
We map the universe of qualified operators globally, not just the ones who will respond to LinkedIn.
Approach
Direct, named, discreet. No Boolean searches, no recruiter spam. Calibration check at week one.
Shortlist
Three to five real introductions. Every candidate has been spoken to, vetted, and pre-qualified on comp.
Place
Offer management, counter-offer defence, onboarding handover. We stay close through month three.
If we are not the right partner, we will tell you in the first call.