Niklas Lindahl. Operator, not advisor.

Niklas Lindahl is a fractional CEO based in Milan. He has spent the last 14 years running revenue, marketing and operating P&Ls across Europe and North America for one of the largest online gaming groups in the world, for an Italian scale-up he took from EUR 3M to EUR 18M, and for a US-fund-backed operator he turned around as CEO.

He founded and ran Optimized Group, a digital agency that scaled to EUR 1.5M revenue with 80% client retention and was sold to publicly listed Digitouch for EUR 1.35M. He then ran international development at Digitouch, then went into operating roles at LeoVegas Group, where he ended as Chief Marketing Officer with a EUR 120M budget and a 100+ team across Europe and North America.

He served as Managing Director Italy at LeoVegas (EUR 3M to EUR 18M in under a year), Head of MGA Markets (revenue to EUR 100M, 100% growth), General Manager Europe and North America, then Group CMO. His marketing work contributed to LeoVegas' EUR 607M+ acquisition by MGM Resorts International.

Most recently he was CEO of Forvana Gaming, a turnaround mandate backed by a Seattle-based investment fund: rebuilt the leadership team, executed a full platform migration, restored commercial momentum and handed the company back with improved foundations.

Today he runs an operator-led portfolio: niklaslindahl.com (executive profile and writing), actionisnow.com (his AI-native operating studio), tenperzent.com (AI-native executive search) and lindahlcapital.com (personal investment vehicle into European operators). Fractional CEO work is delivered through this site.

Swedish national, ex Swedish Amphibious Corps. Italian, English and Swedish bilingual.