01Board Mandate
Non-Executive Directorship Mandates
Independent board representation bringing governance discipline, challenge and oversight to the boardroom, with particular attention to risk, capital allocation and succession.
Strategic Financial Advisory · Europe
The strategic heartbeat behind European innovation.
An embedded financial partner for leaders shaping what comes next — bringing governance, capital strategy and executive judgement, held to institutional standard.
The Founder✦
Every number has a story. The work begins by listening.
Ad Astra Capital was founded on a simple conviction: financial analysis only becomes meaningful when it is grounded in people, relationships and operational reality.
Maria works inside the business — alongside CEOs and their teams — to understand the decisions, ambitions and pressures behind the financial picture. Never a distant analyst. Never an outsourced accountant.
Solutions✦
Four engagements.
One standard.
0102Executive Leadership
Fractional & Interim CFO
Senior financial leadership at the cadence the company actually requires — from fundraising and structuring to reporting architecture, or full continuity during a transition.
03Executive Leadership
Fractional & Interim CEO
Executive stewardship during transformation, transition or founder absence: holding the organisation steady, protecting momentum, and handing over a stronger business.
04Board Mandate
Internal Auditor Mandates
Statutory assurance as Commissaire aux Comptes: independent verification of accounts and internal control, delivered with the rigour regulators expect and the clarity boards need.
The Human Ledger✦
The advantage is proximity.
An exceptional listener who becomes part of the team, understands the full operating context and acts on behalf of the company’s long-term strength.
Listen
Understand the ambitions, tensions and relationships no spreadsheet can reveal.
Embed
Join the operational conversation and build trust across the whole team.
Strategize
Translate context into disciplined financial choices and decisive action.
Connect
Open relevant networks and advocate for the company beyond the finance function.
Why Ad Astra✦
Europe’s future will bebuilt by those boldenough to invest in it.
Ad Astra exists to help channel capital toward innovation — strengthening Europe’s risk market, entrepreneurial capacity, and economic sovereignty.
Capital should not simply preserve what exists. At its best, it gives form to what Europe can become.
Who we work with
Leaders building with purpose.
Startup CEOs turning innovation into enduring companies, and experienced multinational executives establishing robust European operations — united by ambition, responsibility and a long-term view.
Begin with a conversation.
We take on a limited number of mandates. Every conversation is confidential and unhurried — the first, simply a chance to explore fit.