Four aspects that determine your Professional Service Firm success

Enablement

The people, the organization and relevant propositions ‘empower the success’ of what professional service firms can bring to their respective markets.

Business Development

The strength of the professional ecosystem and go-to-market strategy determines the ongoing ‘book of business’ and the ability to win new business.

Reference Program

When ‘selling the invisible’ the importance of an effective reference program is crucial and often underestimated.

Marketing & Events

Strong focus on ‘getting the word out’ as well as gathering business intelligence can be achieved through executing a tailored M&E plan and continuous communication with clients.

Empowering service firms

The international team of experts provides a focused approach to support professional service firms with all aspects that determine success: Enablement, Business Development, Reference Program and Marketing & Events. With a range of tailored propositions, we support our clients to manage the changes and challenges they face. This can vary from focused projects that expand business with a new global account to executive search for senior hires, from improving team effectiveness to ad-interim leadership roles. Feel free to reach out to us for a full overview of our propositions.

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Our clients

Get inspired by our international clients and projects on their road to succes.

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Stanton Chase

With over 70 offices around the world Stanton Chase is a leading executive search firm. Reporting to the global executive board XtraAdvice partners helped to improve their global office evaluation and classification model.

Atos

With our XtraBusiness Workshop approach we support Professional Service Firms to boost and improve their business development results. Atos, a leading global consulting and technology firm, was an early XtraBusiness adopter that we helped to strategize and grow their business with a major international consumer market client.

Games for Health / Post IC app

The digital Post Intensive Care diary helps ICU patients with their recovery and deal with Post Intensive Care Syndrome. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the need and demand for the Post IC solution has rapidly increased during the past months. XtraAdvice is supporting Games for Health, the firm that developed the solution, with the further roll out to hospitals around the world. Go to: http://www.post-ic.nl/en

XtraAdvice News Highlights

XtraPurpose at the World Economic Forum 2020 in Davos; Shaping the CSR agenda for Professional Service Firms
14 januari 2020

Many business, political and cultural leaders from all over the world will travel to Switzerland next week for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). At XtraAdvice we look forward to attending the WEF again and meeting several of our key clients and relations during this 2020 edition in Davos.

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Introducing FitCoins to help reduce the risk of burnout in Professional Service Firms
25 november 2019

Taking a preventive and pragmatic approach (Luc Swaab and Stef Oud, partners at XtraAdvice)

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How will economic turmoil impact professional service firms?
19 september 2019

“The Dutch economy holds up nicely in an increasingly volatile world. So there’s nothing to worry about….or is there?” (Luc Swaab – partner XtraAdvice)

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Press release – Empowering professional service firms with XtraAdvice
30 augustus 2019

A team of experienced partners with a strong background in professional service firms and/or as academics, have founded XtraAdvice, a new consulting firm. The XtraAdvice partner team is based in both The Netherlands and the US.

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The latest Professional Service Industry news

Period of major change drives up venture capital investments
28 October 2020

The current economic climate is not holding back venture capitalists’ desire to spend their money. Both globally and in Europe,...

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Swiss bank taps Synpulse-led consortium for OpenWealth platform
28 October 2020

St. Galler Kantonalbank has launched a process to develop APIs that can connect its custodian bank services with external asset...

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Ukraine's government selects KPMG for large privatisation project
28 October 2020

Ukraine’s government has selected KPMG to serve as the lead advisor for the privatisation and sale of the JSC First...

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Netherlands and Denmark have best pension systems in the world
27 October 2020

The Dutch and Danish pension systems have retained their crown as the globe’s best pension systems.  The annual ‘Global Pension...

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Quint buys majority stake in big data consultancy Anchormen
27 October 2020

Quint, an international consulting firm specialised in digital transformation, has acquired a majority stake in Anchormen, a Dutch firm that...

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How business simulations can improve organisational change
27 October 2020

Realising change has become one of the most central priorities for organisations of all sizes, in light of today’s disruptive...

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Consultant Cécile André Leruste named CEO of InsurTech RGI
27 October 2020

Italian software vendor to the insurance industry RGI has a new Chief Executive Officer: Cécile André Leruste. Cécile André Leruste...

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Clean technologies can slash EU's emissions and boost economy
26 October 2020

Adopting clean technologies can add hundreds of billions to Europe’s economy by 2030, and trillions in the decades to follow,...

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Sionic, PwC and EY named Europe's top wealth management advisors
26 October 2020

More than 50 companies have been recognised as top providers to Europe’s wealth management industry, with three leading advisory firms...

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Atos adds over 600 Salesforce consultants in France and US
26 October 2020

Atos has significantly beefed up its Salesforce capabilities with the acquisition of two mid-sized consultancies in the France and the...

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Alexander de Croo: from BCG to Belgium's Prime Minister
26 October 2020

Former Boston Consulting Group professional Alexander de Croo has been appointed the Prime Minister of Belgium. The move comes after...

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Atos bolsters cybersecurity consulting practice with SEC Consult
23 October 2020

Within three months of acquiring a 250-strong cybersecurity consultancy in Europe, Atos has again inorganically beefed up its Cybersecurity practice...

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Karen Tobiasen launches consulting firm BreathingBusiness
23 October 2020

BreathingBusiness is a new consultancy which aims to alter the way businesses manage change and tackle complex challenges. The transformations...

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KPMG inks partnership with supply chain platform ChainPoint
23 October 2020

Professional services firm KPMG has inked a partnership with ChainPoint, a Dutch provider of supply chain software.  As part of...

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Electric bus market poised for huge growth in coming years
22 October 2020

Electric buses are poised for huge growth in the coming two decades. By 2040, electric buses could form more than...

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SFAI expands network in Serbia, Slovakia and Romania
22 October 2020

Global professional services network SFAI has expanded its presence in Eastern Europe with three new members firms.  In Serbia, Belgrade-based...

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Ed De Vroedt and Diego Klappenbach lead UMS Group regions
22 October 2020

International consulting firm UMS Group has unveiled two new leadership appointments in its European division.  Ed De Vroedt, a 13-year...

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Achim Lüder succeeds Marcelo Modica as Mercer's People boss
21 October 2020

Mercer has a new Chief People Officer. After eight years in the role, New York-based Marcelo Modica has passed on...

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PNO Consultants supporting GreenCharge project in three cities
21 October 2020

Innovation specialists from PNO Consultants are supporting GreenCharge – a pan-European initiative that aims to overcome some of the central...

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Digital human capital management booms across Western Europe
20 October 2020

Human capital management (HCM) applications are amassing popularity in Western Europe, currently adding up to nearly $5 billion in market...

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Meet our team of professionals

Our partners all have a successful track record in their respective areas of expertise. In addition, we have developed a very powerful and well-connected business ecosystem by utilizing the networks of our partner team.

Stef
Oud

Partner
+31 6 520 489 96 stef.oud@xtra-advice.com
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Luc
Swaab

Partner
+31 6 536 734 93 luc.swaab@xtra-advice.com
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Vera
Melis

Partner
+31 6 515 796 22 vera.melis@xtra-advice.com
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Fred
van Eenennaam

Partner
+31 6 200 125 39 info@xtra-advice.com
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Willem
Bourgonje

Partner
+31 6 514 163 55 willem.bourgonje@xtra-advice.com
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Hans
van den Hurk

Partner
+31 6 204 385 68 info@xtra-advice.com
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Tamara
Swaab

Partner
+1 (530) 400-8027 info@xtra-advice.com
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Emile
Aarts

Partner
+31 6 467 648 68 info@xtra-advice.com
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Ron
Mangun

Partner
+1 (530) 848-1662 info@xtra-advice.com
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Frederic
Ramioulle

Tethys Solution Partner
+1 (602) 206-1565 info@xtra-advice.com
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