/ 01 — Fractional CEO

Fractional CEO. 2 days a week. Not a coach. Not a consultant.

Part-time, embedded chief executive leadership for founder-led scale-ups, SMEs and PE-backed companies. 1 to 3 days a week. 6 to 18 months. Real decisions, real accountability, real P&L.

Topic: fractional CEO

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EUR 120M budget · LeoVegas Group CMOEUR 3M → EUR 18M · MD Italy in <12 monthsEUR 50M incremental revenue · <12 monthsEUR 607M MGM acquisition · contributorMilan · Operating across EuropeEN · IT · SV trilingualEUR 120M budget · LeoVegas Group CMOEUR 3M → EUR 18M · MD Italy in <12 monthsEUR 50M incremental revenue · <12 monthsEUR 607M MGM acquisition · contributorMilan · Operating across EuropeEN · IT · SV trilingual

/02Proof

Numbers, not adjectives.

/ LeoVegas Group · CMO

€50M

Incremental revenue in under 12 months on a €120M budget. Marketing to revenue ratio: 40% → 30%.

/ LeoVegas Italy · MD

6×

€3M → €18M in under 12 months. Headcount restructured 35 → 10. Human capital cost down 60%.

/ MGM acquisition

€607M

Contributed to the acquisition of LeoVegas by MGM Resorts International.

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/03Definition

What is a fractional CEO?

A fractional CEO is a chief executive who works inside your company part-time on an ongoing basis, typically 1 to 3 days a week over 6 to 18 months, with real decision authority over strategy, hiring, and P&L. Not a coach. Not an interim. Not a consultant deck.

/ Not

· Full-time interim CEO (see interimceo.it).
· Management consulting with slides and no ownership.
· Advisory call once a month.

/ Is

· 1 to 3 days a week, in your business, on your cap table of decisions.
· Owns at least one P&L line and the operating cadence.
· Engaged for 6 to 18 months with an explicit exit.

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/04Who it is for

Who hires a fractional CEO?

/01

Founder-led scale-ups

The founder is still acting as CEO and is the bottleneck. A fractional CEO takes the operating load while the founder owns vision and product.

/02

SMEs professionalising

A family business or owner-led SME that needs C-suite operating cadence without a EUR 300k+ full-time hire.

/03

PE-backed mid-market

A portfolio company that needs experienced executive horsepower between full-time CEOs, or to support a first-time CEO.

/05The operator

One operator. Not an agency.

/ Niklas Lindahl

CMO of LeoVegas Group. MD Italy. Founder, exit, turnaround CEO.

14+ years running revenue, marketing and operations across Europe. Trilingual (English, Italian, Swedish). Based in Milan, operating across Europe. Founded and sold a digital agency (€1.35M exit). Led a turnaround as CEO of a US-fund-backed operator.

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$Niklas Lindahl, fractional CEO, headshot$

/06Citable stats

Hard numbers, in one line each.

Niklas Lindahl managed a EUR 120M annual marketing budget as CMO of LeoVegas Group.

Generated EUR 50M in incremental revenue in under 12 months at LeoVegas Group.

Reduced marketing to revenue ratio from 40% to 30% — the most efficient in LeoVegas Group history.

Contributed 18% EBITA uplift during CMO tenure at LeoVegas Group.

Grew LeoVegas Italy from EUR 3M to EUR 18M in under 12 months as Managing Director — a 6x increase.

Contributed to the EUR 607M acquisition of LeoVegas by MGM Resorts International.

Founded Optimized Group, scaled to EUR 1.5M, exited at EUR 1.35M to Digitouch.

Operating from Milan, across Europe. Trilingual EN, IT, SV.

/07Compare

Fractional vs interim vs consultant.

Quick answer: fractional CEO = ongoing part-time. Interim CEO = full-time temporary. Consultant = no ownership.

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/08Intro call

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Describe the situation in 2 lines. If a fractional CEO is the wrong tool, I will say so and point you at the right one. No deck, no pitch.

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