Sam Wellalage , BSC, MA

WIC Search

Your on-demand in-house recruitment team at 80% less cost.

Chief Economist and Recruiter

WorkInCrypto.Global

Scaling Blockchain, Crypto and Web3 Teams Since 2019: Csuit to $100K salaries

Recent appointments: 
Director of Operations: Sport and Blockchain Tech
Head of Business Development: Cloud Startup
Head of Web3 and Metaverse for PSG Football club: one of the most well-known sports brands in the world: £600 Million revenue last year
Web3 Advisor to the board: beIn Media Group: £1 Billion in revenue last year
COO to a payment application: 12 Billion Dollars under management
CEO to a brand new crypto exchange
Head of Product 
CTO
Chief Operating Officer: Crypto exchange: £400 Million in Revenue

Founder and executive search recruiter

ScalingCrypto teams since 2019. Our business has two functions: executive search and 2. Crypto recruitment for mid and junior level roles

Founder

Untapped Future

"untapped Future" is a charity I set up to address my lifelong dream to support underprivileged children. Coming from an underprivileged background, I know how life-changing it is to have equal opportunities for children growing up in underdeveloped countries in Asia. 10% of the business profit from WorkInCrypto.Global goes towards this charity to help identify children with sporting and education talent.

Chief Executive Officer

Scaling Unicorns

Hiring Ops Leaders and Sr Tech for Tech, AI and FinTech industry. Salary ranges from $120K to $400K.

Cloud Computing, Machine Learning and AI, Python Engineers, Data Engineer, Cloud Security, Director, CEO, Full Stack Engineers, Backend Engineer

Founder and Principal Recruiter

5iveTech Recruitment

What makes us different from the rest? It is in the questions we ask and the process we follow! We go beyond checklists and explore what it is actually driving people in their work.  

Track record to date:
Our last 100 placements have a 99% retention rate. 98% of the candidates we've placed in the last 2 years are still in their jobs today. Most of them got promoted

Examples of our placement in the past 12 months (contract and permanents):
Tech Leadership: CTO, Engineering Manager, Head of Development, Tech Architects and Lead Devs 
C-Suit: CEO, Chief Operations Officer, Director of Ops, Head of Client Services
Compliance: Head of Compliance, Director of compliance, AML/KYC/ Crypto specific compliance
Marketing: CMO, Marketing Manager, UX/UI Designer
Sofware Engineering: Blockchain, C#, Java, C++, Ruby on Rails, Elixir, Golang, Javascript, React, Gatsby, SOLIDITY, Smart Contracts,PHP

Industries: Fintech, Cryptocurrency, Asset Management, Banking, Capital Markets, Gaming, Gambling, 

We ask intuitive questions to determine your suitability and we make recommendations based on your skillset. Whether you are a CEO, recruitment head or a junior-level candidate, we provide expert advice which transforms your talent pipeline and careers.

Managing Director and Founder

rethink

I built the Ruby on Rails practice from scratch at Rethink.

Awards and recognitions: Rising Star at Rethink group (London, Birmingham, Manchester and Ireland).

Technology Recruiter

British Transport Police

Human Resource and Resource allocation for London Police

HR Resourcing Officer

Keele University

Recruitment Officer

Sri Lanka Badminton 

I first represented Sri Lanka when I was 12  years old. At the age of 19, I became the national number 1. I was able to travel the world and represent my country. I loved every minute of it. 

Starting out it was hard, financially as well as mentally.  But through hard work, sheer determination and self-belief I overcame every obstacle. I'm blessed to be able to play an individual sport at the highest level, and that experience still shapes me and reassures me that there is nothing you cannot achieve if you beleive!

Professional Athlete

Crypto Executive Search Recruiter | Ex -Pro Athlete | CEO

Separating the good from the great!

I have been scaling Crypto/Blockchain/ Web3 companies since 2019, hiring C-suit to Engineers.

Most roles ranges from $100,000 - $400,00K per year.

Here are some case studies of how I did exemplary work for exemplary people and companies: 

1. I am the exclusive and retained Blockchain recruiter for the PSG football club, one of the world's top 5 best football clubs owned by the government of Qatar. I successfully recruited their first Head of Blockchain to facilitate the club's transition into the Web3 space and help them earn millions of additional revenue streams.

2. I recruited the entire company (C suit, engineers, and ops) for the former chairman of Macquarie Bank Group, who now runs a 12 billion-dollar hedge fund. 

3. I helped another market leader, Chiliz and Socios, hire a Director of Operations for their newly set crypto team and several other roles.

How do I achieve these results?

I use a metric-driven, scientifically designed qualification process that hiring managers and candidates undergo. Thus, I have a 100% success rate over 500 positions filled and a 98% retention rate.  

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Executive Search Recruiter

Executive Search / C-suit Recruitment in  Crypto. Blockchain and Metaverse Sector

Recent appointments: 
Head of Business Development: Web3 startup
Head of Web3 and Metaverse for PSG Football club: one of the most well-known sports brands in the world: £600 Million revenue last year
Web3 Advisor to the board: beIn Media Group: £1 Billion in revenue last year
COO to a crypto payment application: 12 Billion Dollars under management
CEO to a brand new crypto exchange
Head of Product - crypto
CTO - crypto
Chief Operating Officer: Crypto exchange: £400 Million in Revenue last year

Aston Chambers 

Aston Chambers and SIENNA is a global talent advisory and executive search firm, with a focus on board level, mid senior commercial and highly specialised technical appointments within the global Flavours, Fragrance, and speciality ingredients & chemicals industries.
 
A unique combination of six leading recruitment software providers, powerful next generation AI technologies and 4000 researchers across the globe.

Our industry experts deliver high performing, diverse and project engaged talent from around the world. 

For more information please visit our website: www.aston-chambers.com

Global Researcher Project Delivery Consultant

WILLIAM HOWARD ASSOCIATES LIMITED

Home based role - I am a Senior Executive Search Consultant and Researcher, reporting directly to the CEO, my role is finding the best talent for our clients that are Venture Capital (VC) or Private Equity (PE) funded start-up companies. Building both leadership teams and sales teams, working with some leading growth companies, start-ups & leading enterprise software vendors providing a ‘full retained service’ to clients across the UK, Europe & the US & Canada. My role was made redundant due to a downturn in the business.

Head of Research

Dynamite Search Group

Working with a Financial Service specialist headhunting firm based in London.  Recruiting  senior level positions within banks, asset manager, PE's, HF's and solution providers across Europe and USA.

Executive Research Search Consultant

Number 8 Group

April 2014 – Present (September 2020) – Chiswick London – Home- Based
Number 8 Ltd – Head of Research 
Head of Research, working alongside and providing support to the senior recruitment management
Team, including the Managing Director and Operations Director. Head hunted and selected to carry
Out this role. Solid experience in Research and resourcing across a broad range of sectors, the ability to identify and access talent, through both passive and advertising searches. All work carried out at mid to
Senior level. Able to gain trust immediately with both clients and candidates at Senior Levels.
Primarily work was in the High- End Residential Property Sector. A the business evolved I headed up a small team from 2016 working on Public sector roles Via the Fieldglass framework, CL1 and more recently PSR,  complex and technical remits. In 2019 the role encompassed Business Development with clients across a broad range of sectors. Due to the massive hit from COVID 19 lockdown my role has been made redundant. Achievements – Gained Strong Knowledge of the Construction & High-End residential Markets as well as Technical Complex remits Via the Government /Public Sector framework.

Head of Research Resourcing Best Talent

Freelance Researcher, assisting an ex colleague in building and developing his business in Global
Markets and Fintech. I also did a three-month contract with Sytner Group, where I was a corporate 
Business Development assistant.

Freelance Researcher

BPS World

Heading up the research capability within BPS World (formerly HintonLea Associates) – Supporting senior consultants across the business in all aspects of identifying suitable candidates for senior roles, telephone screening and selling role to the potential candidate, all diary management between consultant, client and candidate, mapping on a daily basis trends within the various markets we worked in.   Specialising in High Quality Recruitment Sales/Marketing, Engineering - Incorporating Nuclear, Automotive, IT & TC, Defence, Information Security, Cyber security, Business Resilience

BGC Partners

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) is a leading global intermediary to the wholesale financial markets, specializing in the brokering of a broad range of financial products including fixed income, rates, foreign exchange, equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, futures and structured product markets. BGC offers a full range of brokerage services including price discovery, trade execution, straight through processing and clearing, settlement and access to electronic trading services through its eSpeed, BGC Trader and BGC Pro brands. Through our Newmark Grubb Knight Frank brand, we offer commercial real estate tenants, owners, investors and developers a wide range of brokerage services, as well as property and facilities management, I worked closely with the Director of Business Development & Strategy, searching suitable candidates for internal positions within BGC. Please note, I had previously worked directly for this Director when he was the CEO of TPP

Senior Researcher

Elliott Ross Associates

Origination
Sales & Marketing
Trading
Sructuring
Quantative Analysis
Split into -
Fixed Income - Currencies and Commodities
Emerging Market
Equities
Investment Banks
Stuctured Finance
Risk Management
Alternative Investments

TPP Recruitment

Reporting Directly to the CEO on a daily basis
Researching and Head-hunting staff for a Global International Broking House. All work carried out within Europe and Emerging market countries + USA....
I was key in the research/identifying and rebuilding of USA teams after September 11th tragedy, we worked exclusively on this rebuild for this organisation.

Senior Researcher/Resourcer

Liba Weltman Associates

Head hunting on a daily basis Candidates within Management Consultancy- (what was Big 6) - Analyst through to Partner level. Across all industry sectors

An executive search researcher and delivery consultant, treating both candidate and clients with equal importance. I have an authentic, pragmatic and down-to-earth approach to my work. 
I approach people with respect and sensitivity and I maximise my influencing skills in selling and presenting clients opportunities to candidates in a clear and consultative manner, being professional at all times and treating those I approach as people and not commodities. I have worked up to CEO level in Corporate and Managing Partner level within consultancy businesses. I have worked across most if not all industries and sectors, being able to take the most challenging, technical and difficult of remits and go to market to seek out those 'not so easy to attract candidates'. I adapt quickly and at ease to challenging markets and those searches that require no stone to be left unturned.  After 28 years one would expect this.

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