Bill Oliver

Spectrum Search is the trusted talent partner in digital assets and AI — an executive search firm built by practitioners, not generalists. We partner with companies and investors on senior and executive hires across two industries we know from the inside. On one side: exchanges, OTC desks, custodians, market-makers and protocol foundations. On the other: AI labs, applied-AI businesses, and the frontier-compute teams powering them. Most search firms treat digital assets and AI as adjacent verticals to a generalist technology practice. The partners running those practices have rarely sat inside a market-making desk, a protocol foundation or a model lab. The cost is felt at the shortlist stage — where candidates get assessed on surface signals rather than on the technical and commercial judgement these roles actually require. Spectrum operates from inside the work. The specialist who takes the brief is the same person who runs the shortlist. Sector judgement is non-negotiable. Our networks are mapped at the level of named operators in named niches — not at the level of titles on a CV database. When a client engages us, the first conversation is about what good looks like in their specific corner of the market. The shortlist follows from there. Coverage is delivered through depth, not footprint. The firm is registered in the United Kingdom and the partners are based here. Our briefs are global — in any given quarter we are working across Europe, North America, the Gulf and Asia. If a senior or executive hire is on your roadmap, we'd welcome a quiet first conversation. Discreet by default. Reach us at [email protected], or call the London office on +44 203 468 6977. → spectrum-search.com