Fractional Executives for SMEs, Boards & Not-for-Profits · Based in Ottawa, Serving All of Canada

Fractional CxO
leadership.
Full-time results.

One seasoned female executive, exactly when your business needs one.

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Who We Are

Not a placement firm.
Your executive bench.

Altevere gives growing businesses senior, female executive leadership without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire. Most clients engage a single division, CEO, CFO, Chief Partnership Officer, or COO, matched and managed by us so you're not the one screening resumes.

We don't place candidates. We solve one leadership gap at a time, and scale with you if you need more. Every executive in our network is personally vetted before we bring her to a client, and for CEOs already in the role, we also offer confidential peer counsel rather than a placement at all.

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"You shouldn't have to guess which executive you need, or manage a hiring process to find out. Start with the one gap that matters most."
Laura A. Gray, Founder & CEO, Altevere

What We Offer

Four divisions.
Start with one.

Every division is led by a seasoned female executive who has operated at the top of her function, not an emerging hire or a generalist service. Most engagements start with a single division, scoped to the one gap that matters most right now; add more only if and when your business needs it. See what each division does →

01
The CEO Bench
Fractional Chief Executive Officer
Strategic leadership at the top of the business: direction-setting, culture, board relationships, and the hard calls that shape where the company goes next. Engaged two ways: In the Seat, as a bridge or interim CEO during a founder transition or succession gap, or Beside the Seat, as confidential counsel for a founder or CEO who is still fully in the role but needs an experienced peer for a sensitive decision. See both models →
StrategyVisionConfidential Counsel
02
The CFO Bench
Fractional Chief Financial Officer
Financial clarity, investor confidence, and capital strategy from a finance leader who has navigated complex financing at scale. Our fractional CFOs own fundraising readiness, cash flow architecture, and investor relations, giving your business senior financial leadership without the full-time cost.
StrategyCapitalInvestor Relations
03
The Partnerships Bench
Fractional Chief Partnership Officer
The relationship engine behind a company's growth. Our fractional Chief Partnership Officers build and manage the investor, channel, and referral relationships that open doors an early-stage company hasn't had the time or network to open on its own.
PartnershipsCapital IntroductionsRelationships
04
The Operations Bench
Fractional Chief Operating Officer
The operational backbone of your business. Our fractional COOs build the systems, process discipline, and team accountability that turn strategy into something that actually ships: the infrastructure most growing companies haven't had the bandwidth to formalize.
OperationsSystemsExecution
The Full Executive Bench

One SME. One seat, or four. Always one accountable bench.

Engage one fractional executive and you get a division filled, managed by us either way. If your needs grow, the full Altevere bench works as an interlocking team: CEO through COO, each operating independently, all pulling in the same direction.

An illustrative example of a full executive bench. Most clients start with a single division; not every company needs all four at once. The right starting point depends on where your business is and what it needs next.

Your Company A growing SME, led end to end
CEO
Fractional CEOStrategy, vision & board relations
CFO
Fractional CFOCapital & investor readiness
COO
Fractional COOOperations & execution
CPO
Fractional Chief Partnership OfficerPartnerships & capital introductions

Engage one division or the full bench: one accountable provider either way. Altevere assembles and manages the team, so the Chief Partnership Officer's introductions support the CFO's capital strategy, the COO's systems keep the business executing, and the CEO turns it all into direction, at a fraction of the cost of building the bench out full-time.

Every division of this bench is filled exclusively by executives from our Women in CxO Network

The Case for Change

The numbers
that drive us.

40–70%
typical cost savings versus building the same executive bench full-time in-house
4
divisions of executive leadership: CEO, CFO, Chief Partnership Officer, and COO, one bench, engaged your way
Scaled
capacity that flexes with your business, not a fixed days-per-month package
100%
female executive bench — every seat led by a woman who has operated at the top of her function

How It Works

From conversation
to impact in days.

01
Discovery Call
A confidential, no-obligation conversation about your business, goals, and where leadership support would have the most impact.
02
Strategic Match
We identify the right executive for your culture, stage, and specific challenge, using relationship intelligence, not an algorithm.
03
Immediate Engagement
Your team steps in and drives results from week one. Your leadership capacity scales with your business: a CFO might be 3 days a month while a COO is 6, sized to what you actually need.
04
Ongoing Partnership
Monthly touchpoints and strategic guidance ensure your engagement evolves as your business grows. We stay in it with you.

Why Altevere

Not a database.
A managed team.

Most fractional firms put resumes in a platform and call it matching, then step back. We don't. You contract with Altevere, we assemble, manage, and coordinate the executive bench, and we stay accountable for it.

01
Curated, not collected
Every executive has been personally vetted. We represent proven CEOs, CFOs, Chief Partnership Officers, and COOs, not emerging talent or career consultants.
02
Precision over volume
We don't send you a shortlist. We send you the right executive, matched on culture, pace, and founder psychology.
03
One accountable provider
You are not managing a marketplace of independent contractors. You have one contract, one point of contact, and one team accountable for outcomes: Altevere.

Where We Work

Built in Canada.
Coast to coast, and beyond.

Altevere started in Canada, with deep roots in Ontario and a deliberate commitment to markets where senior executive leadership is needed most but has historically been hardest to access, from Atlantic Canada to BC. We're expanding next into Montreal and deeper into Atlantic Canada, with the model built to travel beyond Canada as we grow. Our focus is SMEs, but we also work with not-for-profits and boards navigating leadership gaps, from Ottawa to Toronto, Vancouver, and smaller communities across the country.

Atlantic Canada
NL · NS · NB · PEI · Expansion market
Nova Scotia alone counts ~24,900 small businesses, the most of any Atlantic province
Ontario
Canada's largest market
Home to over 410,000 small businesses, more than any other province
Montreal
Expansion market
Quebec counts ~228,600 small businesses, the second-largest concentration in Canada
Alberta
Highest business density in Canada
37.7 small businesses per 1,000 adults, tied for the top rate nationally
British Columbia
~170,500 small businesses
Tied with Alberta for the highest business density in the country
Underserved markets
SK · MB & beyond
Smaller markets with real growth, historically the hardest to reach with senior finance talent
British Columbia coast

Begin the Conversation

Your next executive leader
is already in our network.

Tell us what your leadership bench needs. We look forward to a confidential discussion.

Already generating revenue and thinking about your next stage of growth? You're exactly who Altevere is built for.

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Let's find the right fit