The war for talent and leading on instinct, with LeoVegas CEO Mattias Wedar

Eight months into the top job at LeoVegas Group, CEO Mattias Wedar is reshaping the company after stepping into Gustaf Hagman's shoes. He talks to EGR's Power Seat podcast about recruiting, prioritising across markets, regulation and why gut feel still has a place next to data.

In this episode

• Wedar says recruiting is tricky: competition for talent is high, and in Scandinavia many candidates think the industry is shady, though inside "it's like a bank" (1:57, 2:08, 2:28).

• LeoVegas is in 11 or 12 markets and nine jurisdictions, so he wants to do things "because we should", not just because the company can (5:30, 5:36).

• He rebuilt the operating model, moving from one P&L to five market-region clusters, each with its own managing director; it formally launched at the end of August (8:01, 8:09, 11:55).

• On tax, he says a rise from 20 to 40% in the UK benefits big operators who can absorb it, and points to a fall in net tax inflow in the Netherlands (18:56, 19:02, 19:14).

• His team told him in a 360 review he leaned too much on data; he likes a coach's mantra to be "on the balcony and on the dance floor" (23:10, 23:46).

• He plans no big M&A and no five new markets, though Finland is "very close to us" (24:56, 25:02).

Episode from Power Seat by EGR Global, published on YouTube.