Section 01
For Companies
What does Altevere do?
Altevere is a consulting and advisory firm. We provide interim leadership and confidential advisory to SMEs at the moments that matter, without requiring a permanent executive hire. In the Seat, a senior Altevere CEO or COO steps in as your full-time interim leader. Beside the Seat, she serves as confidential counsel to the CEO or COO who is still running the company, as a single engagement or an ongoing subscription. Altevere is accountable for the result.
What situations do you work on?
We work with SMEs at inflection points: a leadership transition, a sudden departure, a founder stepping back, a push to scale, or a leader who needs a trusted sounding board. Everything falls into two roles, CEO and COO, and two ways in. In the Seat is a full-time interim CEO or COO with a target end date agreed at the start. Beside the Seat is confidential CEO or COO counsel. Every engagement starts with a diagnosis of what is holding the business back and is scoped around your goals.
What makes Altevere different?
Altevere is a consulting firm whose executives stay in the room to execute, either in the seat as your interim leader or beside it as counsel. They own the outcomes we agree on, and Altevere is accountable for the result.
Which experts are on the Altevere team?
Our all-female team is made up of senior CEOs and COOs, many of whom have held those seats in their own companies.
CEO (interim or counsel): leadership, strategy, succession, board confidence, and the decisions only a leader can make.
COO (interim or counsel): operations, systems, execution, accountability, and the operating rhythm that lets growth hold.
We diagnose first, so you do not need to know the exact fit going in.
What if we need a CFO, CMO, or another specialist?
Altevere leads with CEOs and COOs, and around them we keep a closed network of select senior executives, including Chief Marketing, Chief Financial, Chief Scientific, Chief Regulatory, and Chief Commercial Officers, who join as secondary team members when a mandate calls for it. A Chief Commercial Officer often aligns with CEO and COO advisory, supporting business development and partnerships alongside the leadership work. We also have a trusted ecosystem of partner firms and advisors. Introductions are selective and made as the work requires, not as open referrals, and specialist engagements are scoped and priced separately and agreed with you first.
Do we have to engage more than one executive?
No. Most clients start with one executive in one role. Each engagement is supported behind the scenes by our confidential team, so you still benefit from the experience of the whole team. Some companies pair a CEO and a COO when both seats need attention.
How quickly can an engagement start?
Because our team is already in place, most engagements can begin within weeks of a first conversation, not the months a full-time executive search usually takes.
Which companies do you work with?
Established, revenue-generating Canadian SMEs, generally past $2M in revenue, at inflection points in their growth, in any industry. Canada's $1 Trillion investment agenda is creating more of those moments, and we work wherever the need is greatest. We are headquartered in Ottawa with deep roots in Atlantic Canada, and we work with companies across the country. We do not work with pre-revenue startups. Confidential CEO or COO counsel suits companies from about $2M, including younger, fast-growing ones that need a few days a month. A full-time interim CEO or COO is typically the right fit from about $5M.
Section 02
For Executives
I'm a senior female executive. How do I join the Altevere team?
Reach out through our contact form or email Laura directly at
laura@altevere.com. We review your background and track record, and if it's a fit, we'll talk about joining the team and the client engagements you'd lead.
Does joining the team mean committing to one company?
No. Our team members work across multiple engagements, bringing their expertise to each on flexible terms rather than inside a single full-time role.
How is an engagement structured?
Every engagement has an agreed scope, deliverables, and timeline. In the Seat is full time, with a target end date agreed at the start. Beside the Seat is confidential counsel, as a single engagement or an ongoing subscription with a three-month minimum. Terms are agreed upfront so expectations are clear on both sides.
Is Altevere a staffing or placement firm?
No. Altevere is a consulting firm that works with SMEs through defined mandates: we diagnose the situation, agree the scope, and provide a senior executive who has held the seat before, in it or beside it, and stay accountable for the result. You hold one consulting agreement for each engagement, with Altevere as your single point of contact.
Section 03
Engagement & Trust
Is our company information kept confidential?
Yes. Anything you share with Altevere, whether through this website or by email, is treated with complete confidentiality, and we will not disclose your business information to any third party without your explicit consent.
What happens when the interim executive leaves?
Every interim engagement is built to end well. We agree a target end date and a clear mandate at the start, and the executive works throughout to leave the knowledge, processes, and relationships inside your company rather than with her. At the end you receive a written handover for your permanent leader, your founder, or your board. Access to your information is limited to what the mandate needs, confidentiality obligations are written into the agreement and cover the return or secure deletion of your information, and we check for conflicts before any engagement begins. The aim is a business that is stronger and not dependent on us. No consultant can promise every outcome, but a clean handover is part of what you are buying.
How do you select the experts on your team?
Every member of the team is chosen for track record, functional depth, and demonstrated leadership at the senior level, applying a rigorous standard to every member. We only put leaders on your engagement we would trust to lead our own business.
Why is Altevere an all-female team?
Women hold roughly one in five C-suite seats in Canada, concentrated in support functions rather than the roles closest to strategy, capital, and the boardroom. That's not a talent gap - it's a visibility gap in the referral networks that quietly build C-suite reputations. Altevere exists to close that gap directly, by giving exceptional women the access and visibility to lead senior-level projects.
How do I get started?
Use the contact form on our
homepage. Tell us what is holding your business back, and we'll take it from there.