Vancouver · Rome · since 2004
Cross-border advisory for capital, industry and institutions.
Alvana advises investors, companies and public institutions along the Italy–Canada–Switzerland–West Africa corridor, with growing activity in Hong Kong and mainland China.
What we do
Six areas of practice
We take mandates where a transaction, a market entry or a transformation has to work across jurisdictions, and where the right introduction matters as much as the analysis.
Capital introduction & M&A
Investor identification and qualification, capital raises, transaction preparation, acquisitions and disposals. We prepare the materials, open the conversations and stay through closing.
Cross-border market entry
Entry strategy, partnerships, stakeholder engagement and business development across Europe, North America, Africa and Asia.
Critical infrastructure, defence & security
Ports and logistics, defence and space SMEs, strategic raw materials and energy. We connect technology providers, operators, authorities and capital.
Cybersecurity & NIS2 readiness
Helping operators of essential services and their suppliers understand what NIS2 requires, where they stand and which partners can close the gap.
AI governance & transformation
AI governance beyond compliance: AI-driven organisational change with clear human accountability for the decisions that AI informs.
Leadership, HR & global organisations
Executive judgment, global HR and talent, culture and change for organisations operating across borders.
Where we work
Sectors and corridor
Our work follows one corridor and a defined set of sectors. That focus is what lets a small senior team be useful quickly.
- Defence & security
- Ports & critical infrastructure
- Cybersecurity / NIS2
- Strategic raw materials
- Energy
- Investors & family offices
- Higher & executive education
49.28°N 123.12°W
CanadaVancouver headquarters41.90°N 12.50°E
ItalyRome operational office46.20°N 6.14°E
SwitzerlandCapital and institutional relationshipsWest AfricaResources, energy and infrastructure
22.32°N 114.17°E
Hong Kong & ChinaCompanies and investors looking to EuropeHow we work
Four steps, in this order
Every engagement is led personally by a senior advisor. The method is simple to state and demanding to follow.
Understand the system
Who decides, who pays, who can block, and what each party needs.
Identify the key decision
Reduce the mandate to the one choice everything else depends on.
Align stakeholders
Bring owners, investors, authorities and partners to the same table.
Build accountability into execution
Agree who answers for what before the work starts, then hold to it.
Strategy becomes valuable only when people, governance, and execution move together.Dr. Michele Vincenti, Founder & President
Executive programmes
Training built from advisory work
Short programmes for boards, executives and owners, delivered in English or Italian, in person or online.
Hong Kong · mainland China
Going global to Europe with AI
AI-transformation programmes for Chinese companies expanding into Europe: regulation, governance, talent and organisation.
Family offices
AI for family offices
What AI changes for principals and their teams, and how to adopt it with judgment and accountability.
Leadership & HR
Leadership and global HR
Leadership, change and people strategy for international organisations, led by a SHRM certification programme instructor.
Consultants
Management consulting courses
Courses for practising and aspiring consultants, including preparation for the CMC® certification.
The firm and its founder
Dr. Michele Vincenti
PhD, MBA, CPHR, SHRM-SCP, CM (USA)
Alvana Business Consulting Inc. is a federally incorporated Canadian advisory firm, founded in 2004, with headquarters in Vancouver and an operational office in Rome.
Its founder and president, Michele Vincenti, brings more than 35 years of executive practice in management and finance and two decades of university leadership. He holds a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University and an Executive MBA from Royal Roads University, and works in English and Italian.
Around each mandate Alvana assembles a small team of senior partners, including legal and economic specialists, so that clients deal directly with the people doing the work.
Recognition
- “Pugliesi nel Mondo” awardLecce, December 2025
- Speaker, Conference of Italian Researchers in the WorldEuropean Parliament, Brussels, 2025
- Gold Archimedes Medal for AI research on accessibilityEUROMED Festival, Sicily, 2024
Recent talks
- Keynote, SHRM HR Leadership & GlobalizationShanghai, 2026
- “Building a Glocal Organization”, SHRM Greater Bay AreaShenzhen, 2026