Pentasia

Pentasia Recruitment Malta is the island office of Pentasia, a recruitment consultancy that concentrates on the online gaming industry, often called iGaming, and on payments. The Malta team works from Pendergardens in St Julian's, close to the hotels, restaurants and offices of the island's main business district. For employers, it is a source of specialist hires and workforce advice. For UK professionals thinking about a move, it is a route into one of Europe's biggest gaming hubs. The office is listed in our directory of recruitment agencies in Malta.

Who Pentasia is

Pentasia was founded in 2001 by Rob Dowling and Bruce Gamble and soon became known as a specialist in gaming recruitment. The consultancy has spent a quarter of a century at the centre of the industry and has placed more than 14,000 candidates in casino and sports betting roles around the world. It is part of The Conexus Group, and its parent group's philosophy is that understanding changes everything.

Today the business has more than 80 people from over 20 nationalities. Alastair Cleland is Managing Director, and the Malta office is led by Lucky Shankar, Head of Malta. Practice heads cover marketing, commercial, product and professional services, while recruitment consultants work across the main gaming disciplines. Beyond Malta, the group has offices in Surrey, London, Barcelona, Orlando and Brazil, so a client can recruit across several markets with one partner.

The Malta office

Malta is home to a dense cluster of operators, suppliers, affiliates and regulators, and our iGaming in Malta guide explains why the sector settled here. The island's wider financial services sector also draws on the same pool of compliance, risk and technology talent, which makes the payments side of Pentasia's work relevant on the island.

The Pendergardens address sits in the St Julian's and Paceville area, a short journey from Sliema. If you are visiting for interviews or meetings, our page on hotels in Sliema and St Julian's lists places to stay, and our flights to Malta page covers the journey from the UK. Malta-based roles, including hybrid positions in affiliate management, are advertised alongside remote and overseas vacancies.

Talent: specialist recruitment

Talent is the part of the business most people know. It covers permanent recruitment, contract recruitment and interim recruitment across technology, marketing, sales, product, analytics, operations and C-level appointments. Its approach is relationship-led rather than transactional, aiming for long-term partnerships and a positive experience for every candidate, whether or not they are placed.

Clients range from companies making a single hire to those building complete teams. Contract and interim options suit project work or urgent gaps, while permanent search builds capability for the long term. Candidates are matched by consultants who know the market, the discipline and the individual's ambitions.

Leadership, Plus and Edge

Pentasia is built around four connected capabilities. Leadership covers executive search, executive coaching, organisational design, culture and inclusion, learning and development, and interim and fractional leadership, which means experienced senior people brought in for a defined period. Plus is aimed at businesses that need to scale: recruitment process outsourcing, project recruitment, augmented teams, build operate transfer arrangements, employer brand work and workforce transition support.

Edge is the intelligence arm. It uses market evidence to inform workforce planning, location, compensation and build-versus-buy decisions. Because the services can stand alone or combine, a growing Maltese operator might use Talent for a hire, Plus for a project team and Edge to judge where to place a new office.

Market insight for hiring decisions

The website carries articles that show how Pentasia thinks. One covers regulatory turbulence in mature markets such as the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden and Denmark, with the point that hiring should follow intelligence rather than react to change. Another looks at the growing demand for fraud, KYC and anti-money laundering specialists, many of whom now come from banking and fintech. Others cover artificial intelligence skills in product and trading teams, and the shift to compliance-led growth.

For employers, these topics hint at where the shortages lie. For candidates, they suggest which skills are worth building if you hope to work in the industry.

Moving to Malta for a gaming career

British professionals who take a role in Malta usually need to think about housing, tax and daily life as well as the job. Our Malta relocation guide and Malta tax guide for UK nationals cover the basics, and our guide for digital nomads in Malta helps remote workers. Employers setting up on the island can read about IT and digital consulting from 4Sight Group, or speak to our featured partner CLA Malta about company set-up.

When you are ready to talk, use the VisitMalta.co.uk enquiry form on this page, say whether you are hiring or looking for work, and we will pass your message to Pentasia.