About RecruitBlock
Executive Search for Digital Assets
We've Helped:
Executive Search
RecruitBlock is a founder-led executive search firm focused on senior, non-technical leadership across crypto, Web3 and digital assets. We advise CEOs and boards on appointments shaped by governance, investor expectations and long-term risk.
Growth-Stage Focus
We work with growth-stage digital asset organisations navigating scale, regulation and institutional scrutiny. Our work supports founder-led businesses transitioning towards operational maturity and board-level oversight.
Decision Quality
RecruitBlock brings structure and discipline to executive decision-making at board level. We focus on remit clarity, evidence-led assessment and stakeholder alignment to support confident leadership appointments.
Leadership Outcomes
The result is leadership teams equipped to execute under pressure and complexity. RecruitBlock supports appointments that strengthen governance, execution and organisational resilience over time.
Paul Owen
FCA, Fellow ICAEW | Oxford FinTech Programme
Executive Search Advisor | Finance, Institutional & Operating Leadership
Paul Owen advises founders, CEOs and boards on senior appointments across crypto, Web3 and digital assets, with a focus on finance, institutional and operating leadership. His background spans PwC, T-Mobile and other complex corporate environments, bringing financial discipline, operating judgement and experience of building teams within large organisations.
Penny Sommerfeld
MCIPD | Thomas PPA Psychometric Assessor
Executive Search Advisor | Board, C-Suite, Legal & Compliance Leadership
Penny Sommerfeld advises founders, CEOs and boards on senior appointments across crypto, Web3 and digital assets, with a focus on board, C-suite, legal and compliance leadership. Her background includes building senior teams across the UK, Spain, Bulgaria, Tel Aviv and the US, bringing structured assessment and psychometric insight to leadership decisions.
RecruitBlock Published Insights
Our published articles and insights on board, C-suite and senior leadership across crypto, Web3 and digital assets, with a focus on governance, organisational judgement, leadership decisions and the operating realities shaping complex markets.
Web3 and the Future of Creators
Web3 Scalability and Sustainable Models
Evaluating Web3 Business Models
How Leaders Can Build Adaptable Teams
Featured in:
Strategic Leadership
Executive search for board, C-suite and senior leadership across digital assets, crypto and Web3. Supporting growth, leadership clarity and organisational capability as firms scale.
Legal & Compliance
Executive search for senior legal and compliance leadership across digital assets, crypto and Web3. Supporting governance, regulatory oversight and organisational credibility.
Finance Leadership
Executive search for senior finance leadership across digital assets, crypto and Web3. Supporting financial governance, reporting discipline and investor confidence as firms scale.
Institutional Leadership
Executive search for senior leadership across digital assets, crypto and Web3. Supporting governance, institutional readiness and operating discipline as organisations scale.
Insights
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![UK Leadership Opportunity in UK Digital Assets]()
UK Leadership Opportunity in UK Digital Assets
The leadership opportunity in UK digital assets is growing as stronger governance, executive quality and operating credibility become more commercially important.
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![Digital Asset Leadership: The Next Leadership Question]()
Digital Asset Leadership: The Next Leadership Question
As tokenisation scales, digital asset leadership is becoming more important. Moves from Nasdaq and Ctrl Alt point to a more institutional market and a more exacting brief for boards and CEOs.
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![Executive Search Digital Assets: Governance Signals]()
Executive Search Digital Assets: Governance Signals
Digital assets are moving deeper into regulated market infrastructure. This week’s signals are not about narrative. They are about access, oversight and enforceable operating standards.
