CVCA Central

By Joe Chidley, Managing Editor, Canadian Family Offices Family offices—private advisory firms that manage the financial and, often, non-financial affairs of ultra-high-net-worth families—are an increasingly significant presence in the global financial landscape, driven by secular trends in wealth creation and intergenerational wealth transition.

Assent is a leading global supply chain sustainability management solution that helps manufacturers around the world with product compliance and sustainability. Founded in 2010, the Ottawa-based company helps manufacturers collect, curate, and leverage supply chain data with AI, needed to meet environmentally and socially responsible product standards.

It was an interest and expertise in mechanical services that led Peter Harteveld to co-found CustomAir in his Metro Vancouver area basement nearly 30 years ago. Harteveld started the company in 1991 with another mechanical services technician, Peter Whiten, with a goal to provide not just refrigeration but also heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and plumbing services to large commercial and industrial clients. “We were really good troubleshooters.