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SOLVE COMPLEXITY. SCALE SMARTER.

BUILD WHAT’S NEXT.

ESM Advisory partners with growth‑minded leaders to turn strategy into durable results, combining corporate discipline with entrepreneurial execution.

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Services We Offer

Empower leaders. Accelerate growth. Create lasting impact. We offer strategy, connections, business transfrmation and execution that are focused on legacy outcomes.

Strategic Advisory
Engagements

We provide clarity in helping leaders and business owners define strategy, align priorities, and create actionable roadmaps that scale and drive sustainable growth and operational excellence.

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Fractional Advisory & Business Transformation

Access seasoned expertise without the full-time overhead cost. We step in as your fractional advisor and operator, guiding execution, change management, building teams and ensuring your strategy turns into measurable results.

Strategic Partnerships & Connections

Leverage our extensive network and experience to open build trusted partnerships, and connect with the right timely opportunities that accelerate long-term sustainable success.

Trusted by Leading Brands & Partners

We’ve had the privilege of working with startups, SaaS, business enterprises, and everything in between. We have broad expertise and experience in family office coordination, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, construction, sports and athletics sectors. Collaborating with timely strategic partnership and connections is a critical execution element in our business transformations.

Helping owners and businesses scale smarter to achieve sustainable growth is our joint legacy.

B2B & B2C Startup utilizing cutting edge technologies such as AI in the indoor farming space.
AFSI is committed to ensuring food security in communities large and small. We set up entrepreneurs with the equipment, tools, and systems, they need to be local farmers in vacant commercial real estate space.

AFSI
B2B & B2C Manufacturing & Fabrication Company.
AllStone is a generational family-owned and operated stone fabrication company based in Edmonton, Alberta, founded in 1998.

AllStone Inc.
B2C Leading custom luxury home construction builder since 1968.
Every Birkholz home is fully custom and one-of-a-kind. Our architectural team translates your lifestyle and vision into beautiful, functional design. Placed in the perfect location, your new home is a reflection of the life you've been dreaming of.

Birkholz Homes Inc.
CADA Sports is a premier Alberta -based academy dedicated to student-athlete development through elite basketball training and academic excellence.

CADA
Edmonton Based Family Office with diverse portfolios of corporate real estate, real estate, equity market investments, alternative investments and holding companies.
B2C Tiny Home Construction Company.
MBtH is a small, family-based business originating with Macey Cook, the owner, who has been in the building industry in Edmonton for 20 plus years.

Macey Built Tiny Homes Inc.
Premier dental clinic providing exceptional serving Sherwood Park and surrounding area families for over 50 years.

Sherwood Dental

Origin & Philosophy

Every business carries a story. This practice begins inside an entrepreneur’s world, growing up within a family business built from the ground up. Hands‑on exposure to grit, creativity, and resilience establishes a lifelong commitment to building meaningful enterprises.

That foundation continues through leadership roles inside mid‑sized regional and large corporate financial institutions, leading teams, solving complex problems, and guiding organizations through growth, change, and transformation. Innovation from within (intrapreneurship) blends with entrepreneurial drive.

ESM Advisory emerges from this blend: corporate insight plus entrepreneurial spirit. Helping leaders and owners navigate defining moments with clarity and momentum.

From strategy and systems to teams and risk, the work simplifies complexity and builds what’s next. Clients demonstrate growth mindsets, embrace informed risk, and lead with intent.

At ESM Advisory strategy meets relationships and action. Whether scaling, evolving a legacy, or navigating change, we combines cross‑functional experience with trusted connections and hands‑on delivery. Every engagement starts with a discovery session to surface the full context of goals, stakeholders, constraints, and hidden complexities. Relationship dynamics, decision patterns, and success definitions align early to confirm mutual fit and establish a foundation of trust, transparency, and shared commitment.

Meet the Founder

Ed brings over 30 years of experience in strategy, finance, and organizational growth. With a background spanning financial services, entrepreneurship, and corporate leadership, he founded ESM Advisory with a clear vision: to help leaders and business owners navigate complexity, unlock opportunities, and build enduring enterprises.

Throughout his career, Ed has:

Guided organizations and managed portfolios through high-growth phases, change management and transformational initiatives, aligning strategy with execution.
Partnered with executives to align strategic vision and build high-performing teams focused on operational excellence.
Recognized for blending structured corporate governance with agile, entrepreneurial thinking to drive innovation and growth.

At the heart of Ed’s philosophy is the belief that strategy is only as strong as its execution. By combining hands-on leadership experience with forward-thinking insight, he empowers clients to scale effectively, resolve complexity, and create meaningful impact.

You can connect with Ed on LinkedIn to continue the conversation.

Outside of his advisory work, Ed is deeply committed to family, community engagement, and competitive athletics. As a proud born and raised Edmontonian, he is the father of two teenage daughters and actively contributes to youth development through coaching competitive basketball and soccer programs. Ed also serves on the board of a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing inclusive early childhood learning. With a strong foundation in fostering and mentoring leadership, he brings a values-driven approach to both his professional and personal endeavours.