Acleo Strategies Inc.

 Acleo Strategies is a Canada–India strategic advisory firm focused on trade, investment, and market access across sectors where business decisions are closely influenced by policy, regulation, industrial priorities, and geopolitical considerations.

The firm supports clients through strategic positioning, stakeholder engagement, partnership development, and broader market-entry advice. Its work is particularly relevant to defence, security, advanced technologies, manufacturing, critical minerals, and other strategic sectors requiring informed navigation of government systems and trusted local relationships.

Acleo Strategies assists Canadian companies seeking to assess and pursue opportunities in India, while also supporting Indian companies exploring expansion into Canada. The firm brings together experience in public policy, industrial development, international trade, and cross-border engagement to help organizations operate more effectively in complex strategic environments.

Acleo Strategies focuses on sectors of strategic importance to Canada–India economic engagement.

These include defence and security, advanced technologies, manufacturing, critical minerals, clean energy and energy transition, and other industries where long-term competitiveness is closely linked to industrial policy, resilient supply chains, and cross-border collaboration.

The firm pays particular attention to areas where bilateral trade, investment, technology cooperation, and industrial partnerships can create durable strategic value.

Acleo Strategies provides strategic advice to organizations navigating complex Canada–India business environments, particularly in sectors where policy, industry, and geopolitics increasingly converge.

The firm supports clients on market entry, strategic positioning, stakeholder engagement, partnership development, and related cross-border advisory matters. Its work is especially relevant where commercial outcomes are shaped by more than market demand alone, including regulatory frameworks, government priorities, industrial policy, domestic capability-building objectives, and strategic considerations.

With a grounded understanding of both commercial realities and institutional environments, Acleo Strategies helps clients engage more effectively in sectors where timing, credibility, and informed positioning matter.

Chandra Arya is a Canada–India strategic advisor and former Member of Parliament with three decades of experience across international trade, investment, industrial development, public policy, and entrepreneurship.

His work has consistently involved the intersection of commercial opportunity, public policy, and strategic sectors, with particular depth in Canada–India matters. Over the years, he has supported trade and investment linkages in both directions—helping Canadian organizations understand and pursue opportunities in India, while also assisting Indian companies exploring pathways into Canada.

He brings a grounded understanding of how business, government, and institutions interact in practice, particularly in sectors where market outcomes are influenced by regulation, industrial priorities, domestic capability-building objectives, and geopolitical change.

His experience spans engagement with senior political, diplomatic, and business leaders across Canada, India, and multiple international markets. At Acleo Strategies, he brings this perspective to clients operating in complex and strategically important sectors, including defence and security, advanced technologies, manufacturing, critical minerals, and related areas of cross-border cooperation.