Meet our
PRESIDENT & C.E.O.
Originally from Long Sault, Ontario, Anne grew up by the rule of returning home from childhood adventures by the time the street lights turned on. She attended St. Laurence College in Cornwall for psychology before moving to Ottawa and launching her first business, A.M. Services, in 1981 at the age of 19.
The young entrepreneur became a homeowner not long after she turned 22 and has spent the subsequent years sculpting that property into the home of her dreams due to her zest for renovating and D.I.Y. projects.
With 15 staff and an expansive client base of both residential and commercial customers, Anne’s self-made cleaning business ran until it was sold in 1997, a couple years after Anne’s daughter Hannah was born.
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Anne Matlar
Not one for sitting still, Anne soon found herself assisting with the management and paperwork for her husband's automotive business, Mike’s Service Centre, which ran in Richmond, Ontario for nearly three decades. For half of that duration, Anne took on the role of co-owner, organizing and optimizing the affairs of the business to grow the service centre’s revenue from $235,000 to $780,000 annually.
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In 2005, as a single mother of two, having welcomed her son Dale into the world in 1999, Anne had to start anew and business management was a skill she had readily available. She debuted Balancing Act Solutions with a handful of clients, and gained momentum while raising her kids and adding to the family with a happy, chaotic assembly of dogs, cats, fish, birds and the occasional escape-artist turtle.
Over time, Anne grew Balancing Act Solutions to support a team of talented women and, as a group, they support a diverse, long-term client base spread across the greater Ottawa Valley area.
When she schedules time away from the office, Anne is thrilled to explore provincial parks by campsite and canoe, as well as using plane tickets to make memories with family and friends in far off destinations like Germany, France and California.