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How we think

Shaped by operators.
Grounded in industry

Most advisory ends at a recommendation. Alvo's engagements end at a working system, running against your live data, measured in your numbers rather than ours. The starting point is never a technology. It is the revenue already leaking out of your business, and the assets already sitting in it: the customer book nobody works systematically and the data that never becomes a decision. Alvo finds both, then builds. The work is led by Rob Towey, who has taken ventures from day zero through scale-up and run divisions inside mature corporates, across property, lending and recruitment. The proof sits on every industry page, with numbers attached.

Our approach

Four beliefs we apply every time

These four beliefs aren't a brand statement. They're the actual filter we apply every time we take on a new client. If they resonate, we're probably a fit.

01
Industry knowledge beats AI knowledge

Knowing how a business actually runs, where the friction is and what a win looks like in that specific industry is worth more than knowing the latest AI tools. We start there, every time.

02
Clarity before complexity

Most businesses don't need a sophisticated AI strategy. They need a clear one. We cut through the noise and focus on what actually moves the needle, in that specific business, at that specific moment.

03
The best strategy is the one your business actually uses

A plan that sits in a folder is not a plan. We build for adoption. That means working within the real constraints of your team, your tools and how decisions actually get made.

04
Advice without execution is just overhead.

We don't hand over a report and disappear. Every engagement is built around what comes next, whether that's a clear audit, a workflow your team can deploy or a build we're part of from the ground up.

AI, tech and data are only worth what they add to your bottom line

Specific to your industry. Straight to the point.

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The founder

Rob Towey. Founder, Alvo

More than twenty years building revenue, product and partnerships inside Australian property, media and finance.

I've spent more than twenty years on the operating side of the industries Alvo now advises. Seven of those were at Domain Group, where I ran business development, data and strategic partnerships before establishing Domain's consumer businesses as Director of Consumer Solutions. I was founding CEO of Domain Home Loans, the joint venture between Domain and Lendi Group (Aussie), and founding CEO of Domain Insure, working day to day with CBA, Westpac, ANZ, NAB, Macquarie Bank, Loan Market Group, Finsure, Hollard and Zurich along the way.

Since then I've held senior operating roles across proptech and fintech, including General Manager of Partnerships at Openn, Chief Commercial Officer at RealtyAssist and CEO of Axiom Properties' proptech division, and I've advised lenders and property businesses from Athena Home Loans to PropHero.

So when Alvo tells a broker where their funnel leaks, or an agency principal what their stack should actually cost, it's because I've run those funnels and negotiated those contracts myself, not read about them in a framework.

Alvo also builds. Foleo, the buyers agent matching platform, is one of our ventures. Role Relay, a secure network where recruitment agencies collaborate on fee splits, is another. If we recommend a pathway, it's one we'd build ourselves. Often we already have.

The full career history is on LinkedIn ›