Meet our Management Team
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Krysta Muscat
Head of RecruitmentKrysta joined Betting Connections in 2012 on the very same day that she met her husband whom she married in 2016. She worked for Betting Connections from Newcastle in the UK, before moving back to her home country of Malta where she is now a Recruitment Manager. Krysta is a Grade 7 trained actor and holds a degree in Psychology. She came to Betting Connections with a background in in-house recruitment and in 2014 was awarded Betting Connections illustrious ‘Drama Queen of the Year’ award.
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Matthew Kimberley
Head of TrainingMatthew, our Head of Training, comes from a strong background in sales, marketing, and recruitment. Matthew provides training and coaching sessions for all our team members, both when they join Betting Connections and on an ongoing basis. Matthew ensures our consultants have all the knowledge required to provide high quality recruitment solutions and career consultation to both our clients and candidates. Matthew, who is a father to two, enjoys travelling the globe and spending time with his family.
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Sennette Patrick
Recruitment ManagerSennette joined Betting Connections in 2013 and brought with her a wealth of iGaming experience, having worked in the industry since 2008, in Gibraltar and Malta, for companies such as Bwin.Party, Unibet and Betclic. Originally from Liverpool, England, Sennette is a Recruitment Manager by day and a full time mum by night. In her spare time you can always find her spending quality time with her family, either on holidays abroad or lounging by a pool.
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Gosia Pydzik
Recruitment Team LeaderGosia started her career at Betting Connections as part of our International Internship Programme in 2014 before being employed on a full time basis, and being promoted to her current position of Recruitment Team Leader. Prior to Betting Connections, she completed a Master’s Degree in Media and Communications, her primary research area being on Recruitment and Selection. Gosia speaks Polish and English at a fluent level, and enjoys water sports and networking in her free time.
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Alexandra Nita
Recruitment Team LeaderAlexandra joined our international recruitment team in January 2015, bringing with her recruitment experience from Romania, Bulgaria, and Malta. Alexandra has a degree in Psychology and Human Resources from her home country of Romania. In her role she focuses on international candidate sourcing, utilising both Romanian and English.
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Sofia Castelbranco
IT Recruitment ManagerFluent in 5 different languages, a mother of one child and two cats, Sofia is also a passionate photographer and DIY hobbyist. She joined SpotOn Connections in January 2011 as an intern and became a consultant 6 months after. Before that, she was an HR consultant, project manager, flight attendant and many others, which helped guide her to leaving her home and joining the recruitment industry. Sofia also has read a degree in Social and Organizational Psychology at ISCTE, and a Music Course in the National Conservatorium. She plants her own vegetables in her free time, and fights for the environment by riding her own electrical bike to work.
Meet our Consultants
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Sarah Worthington
Senior Recruitment ConsultantSarah is originally from Berkshire in the UK and worked as a secondary school art teacher for four years before moving to Malta. She loved her experiences as a teacher and it was this enjoyment of interacting with people that led to her getting involved in the field of recruitment and started working with Betting Connections in October 2016. Sarah loves live music, animals, and sunshine, and has spent many summers at music festivals around the UK.
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Sonia Ribeiro
Recruitment ConsultantSonia joined Betting Connections in January 2016 and has a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Psychology and a Masters of Forensic Psychology and Social Exclusion. She is Portuguese by birth, but has lived in Belgium for twenty years and the UK for four. Sonia speaks Portuguese, French, and English, and holds a passion for interacting with diverse cultures and people.
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Elizabeth Sekela
Senior Recruitment ConsultantOriginally from Slovakia, Elizabeth only learnt English to feed her love of Harry Potter, enabling her to read the books as they were published, rather than waiting for them to be translated to her native language. She first visited Malta for a holiday in the summer of 2013 and liked the place so much that she came back to live here in summer of 2016 after completing her studies. She has a Master’s Degree in Work and Organisational Psychology and Psychodiagnosis, and her favourite Harry Potter character is Sirius Black. She joined Betting Connections in January 2017.
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Sarah-Jayne Barton
Senior Recruitment ConsultantSarah joined Betting Connections in November 2017. While she had no previous experience in recruitment, Sarah was always interested in the life changing aspect of recruitment, and always wanted to be part of that change and growth. At first, Sarah aspired to do a Social Policy Degree in Ireland, but this all changed when she visited Malta and ended up falling in love with the beautiful island. Sarah is an energetic person who loves a challenge; therefore, it was only natural that she would end up recruiting in the iGaming industry. She is obsessed with all things related to chocolate and loves watching baking shows.
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Pippa Attard
RecruiterAfter being born on Christmas Day, one of the most exciting and joyful days of the year, Pippa has continued to carry that spirit and energy into her day to day life. After completing her studies in Law and then Psychology and gaining experience in running a bar and Business Development, Pippa decided to take advantage of her love for helping people to have clarity and a voice and joined the Betting Connections Team in April 2018.
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Maria Puglisi
Senior Recruitment ConsultantMaria is originally from Italy where she obtained a master’s degree in psychology and a post-graduate degree in Human Resources. She has lived in Paris, Dubai, Stockholm, and Malta over the past few years, and most recently in Portugal as part of our SpotOn Portugal office. She has relocated back to Malta and has joined the teams at Betting Connections in September 2016. In the rare event she has free time, Maria loves to indulge in Netflix and to travel as much as possible, and LA and Vegas are two of her favourite places she has visited.
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Andrea Mosquera
RecruiterAndrea join Betting Connections in 2018. She has a mixture of Colombian and Spanish ancestry but was born in Venezuela. During her free time, she likes to watch movies and enjoys the beach during the Summer months. Andrea brings to Betting Connections experience in Sales and Marketing, and graduated in Business Administration at the Universidad Militar Nueva Granada in Colombia.
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Barbora Bezzina
RecruiterBarbora started her career at Betting Connections in March 2019. Before that she worked in the iGaming industry in an online casino for almost 3 years. She is from Czech Republic where she graduated from Social Care & Law, just before she came to Malta in June 2014. Barbora adores animals and is raising two cat boys, adopted in Malta. In her free time she enjoys good books and quality time with her family and friends.
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Jodie Alaoui
RecruiterJodie joined Betting Connections in March 2019 as a Trainee Recruiter. From the UK but with Moroccan and English parents, she brings with her 6 years’ experience in Childcare and graduated in Travel & Tourism at the South East Essex College. Jodie is an organised person who loves to socialise and meet new people and enjoys being creative.
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Ana Dimitrova
Trainee RecruiterAna joined the company in January 2020 as a full-time Trainee Recruiter. With a Bachelor’s Degree in English and French, as well as a Diploma in Leadership and Management, Ana has all the tools necessary to become a premiere recruiter. Prior to coming to Betting Connections, Ana has worked in different sectors as an English teacher, Retail, and Human Resources. Ana’s ambitions are to complete her Level 7 education in Human Resources with a primary direction of recruitment. In her spare time she enjoys reading books and spending quality time with her family.
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Dylan Birmingham
Trainee RecruiterDylan joined Betting Connections in January 2020. Dylan has a degree in Multimedia and Software Development and while he has no experience in the industry, he brings with him dedication and the will to succeed. Dylan is obsessed with travelling the world and embarking on new adventures. He is also a sports fanatic and loves to watch movies and TV shows, as well as spend time with his family and friends.
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Jorge Domenech
Trainee RecruiterJorge is one of the 4 Trainee Recruiters who joined Betting Connections in February 2020. He is from Valladolid, Spain and studied Commerce in the Facultad de Comercio in the same place. An extrovert by nature, Jorge brings to the company experience in Sales and Customer Service as well as his love for Psychology and Economics.
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Catarina Bastos
Trainee RecruiterCatarina joined Betting Connections in February 2020 as a Trainee Recruiter. She graduated with a Master’s in Psychology of Work and Organisations at the University of Porto, and in the worked in hospitality and in a public hospital in the same city. Ever since coming to Malta, Catarina has fallen in love with the island, and with the dynamic and friendly environment of the company.
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Dorottya Kosa
Trainee RecruiterDorottya is from Hungary, but moved to the Netherlands when she was 18 years old. She has worked in hospitality and is at home surrounded by people and the busy life of Customer Service. However, she longed for a more scheduled lifestyle and joined Betting Connections in February 2020. Dorottya has lived in Malta for 3 years, looking for the sun after the many rainy days of Holland and so far it has been the best decision of her life. She enjoys reading, watching movies and spending quality time with her friends.
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Marinela Lurtz
RecruiterMarinela joined Betting Connections in July 2019. She is from Timisoara, Romania where she studied English Literature at the West University of the same city. Marinela loves horror movies, concerts and animals, particularly Shar Pei! Marinela brings with her experience in Customer Support roles and has lived in Romania, Germany and Ireland before moving to Malta.
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Our Founders
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Duarte Amado & Frederico Formigal
Managing Director & COO RespectivelyOur founders combined their extensive recruitment and iGaming knowledge to set up a service that responded to a demand in the market for a ‘true recruitment consultancy’! Duarte and Frederico have guided Betting Connections from strength to strength over the years, both taking a very hands on approach to ensuring all of our staff have the resources, training and knowledge needed to provide the highest possible level of service to our clients and candidates alike.
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Meet our Operations and Administration Team
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Lucy Eldridge
Head of OperationsLucy joined our International Recruitment Team in 2011, starting off her career with Betting Connections as a recruiter. She then took on the role of Office Manager for three years and is now our Head of Operations. Her role focuses on day to day operations, managing the marketing and administration team, and managing our finance department.
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Daniel Lund
Systems AdministratorDaniel joined Betting Connections at the start of 2016 as a Trainee Recruiter, following a career in IT Support in Copenhagen. He has since moved to our IT department and is now the Systems Administrator at Betting Connections. Daniel loves football, basketball, weightlifting, and researching technology.
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Artur Cardoso
Facilities & Administration AssistantArtur joined the Betting Connections Team in Malta at the start of 2016, bringing with him over 5 years of iGaming experience. At the start of 2017, Artur relocated from Malta to Portugal to help set up a new office for the company. Artur is a traveller at heart who loves to visit as many places in the world as he possibly can.
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Samwel Farrugia
Marketing & Operations AssistantSamwel joined Betting Connections in September 2019. He has a background in the written word and graduated in Communications at the University of Malta in 2018. Sam loves sketching, writing, and playing piano, and is always interested in trying new, exciting things.
