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Strategy Finance Transformation
Setting direction, structuring growth, and turning ambitions into results.
Advising financial institutions and growing the SMEs they finance, in Québec and internationally.
Two paths, one vision
Tailored solutions.
Borealys supports financial institutions and SMEs by understanding their realities, challenges, and objectives. Two complementary perspectives to create lasting opportunities.
Financial institutions
Strategic advice for lasting impact.
We help financial institutions define their business strategies and value propositions to support the growth of SMEs, including women-led businesses, and structure tailored financing solutions.
Discover our solutionsSMEs
Accelerate your growth with a committed partner.
We support SMEs and businesses in their development, transformation, and the management of their financial, strategic, and organizational challenges.
Discover our solutionsWhy Borealys
Growing what matters.
Mission
Like the living ecosystem of the boreal forest, Borealys supports financial institutions and SMEs to strengthen the economy and its resilience. We weave lasting ties between them and turn their ambitions into growth, with the rigour of our northern signature, in Québec and internationally.
Our experts have led on both sides of the table: within leading Canadian financial institutions and alongside SMEs and international businesses. We understand what each side expects from the other. We develop a roadmap and support its implementation.
What sets us apart
A 360° perspective
Experts who understand financial institutions and SMEs from the inside, backed by solid experience in Canada and internationally.
From strategy to action
Recommendations and active involvement in the implementation phase.
An exceptional network
Senior experts with proven track records at major Canadian banks and insurers and international development finance institutions (DFIs).
Key skills
Proven expertise spanning strategy, risk management, business lending, business transfer, mergers and acquisitions, and the cooperative model, while integrating a gender-sensitive approach and ESG factors.
Québec and international
A French-speaking, Canadian signature, recognized and respected internationally.
30+
years of experience
30+
countries across 4 continents
50+
mandates delivered
3
working languages
References
They placed their trust in our experts.
PositioningTwo ecosystems.
Two ecosystems.
One connection.
Financial institutions want to serve SMEs profitably and under control. SMEs want financing and growth. Borealys fosters the synergies between the two and speaks their languages.
Financial institutions
Banks, microfinance institutions, insurers, development lenders, and development finance institutions.
Borealys
The link: methodology, products, governance, and implementation, on both sides of the table.
SMEs
SMEs, cooperatives, and collective enterprises, growing or transforming.
Track record
Mandates delivered. Results achieved.
Every case study follows the same structure: the challenge, the intervention, the measured result.
Togo Development bank
Building an internal control system for a regional development bank
Multi-country Cooperative federation
Building an international network through nearly 50 acquisitions
Trajectory
Growing what matters.
From initial structuring to transformation, we guide organizations through the steps that build lasting growth.
Ambition
Defining the strategic direction
Structuring
Finance, organization, data
Growth
Financing and scaling
Resilience
Risk, governance, compliance
Impact
Measured, lasting results
Contact
Your next strategic step deserves the right partner.
Get in touch. An expert from our team will be ready to listen and support you from the roots to the summit.
Let’s talk about your project