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

Xtra Inspiration with renowned musician Andre Heuvelman
10 maart 2021
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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

Aon pulls the plug from $30 billion Willis Towers Watson deal
28 July 2021

The world’s largest deal in history in the insurance broker and risk management landscape – the $30 billion acquisition of...

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Tech trends in procurement and the source-to-contract process
27 July 2021

Technology is helping procurement evolve from a transaction-focused function into a strategic driver of business value. A new Capgemini Invent report...

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ITDS supporting Belfius with implementation of Keylane Axon
27 July 2021

For the last two years, a group of eight ITDS consultants has been working on setting up Keylane’s cloud-based Axon solution...

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Kea & Partners lands investment to double its business by 2026
26 July 2021

French strategy and management consulting firm Kea & Partners has raised €23 million from investors as part of its strategy...

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Möbius helps Levi’s revamp its customer service model
26 July 2021

European management consultancy Möbius has helped clothing giant Levi Strass & Co (Levi’s) plan a revamp of its European customer...

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Digital consultancy firm Future Company launches in Poland
26 July 2021

Three experienced professionals in Poland – Olgierd Cygan, Iza Klat and Andy Woynarowski – have joined forces to launch Future.Company, a...

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Nestlé’s CEO Mark Schneider on sustainability and digitisation
23 July 2021

Continuing the ‘CEO stories’ interview series featuring some of the industry’s foremost business leaders, SparkOptimus Managing Partner Alexandra Jankovich recently...

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Consultancies support Europe's ambition for data spaces
22 July 2021

A new coalition of leading European data sharing players has launched, with the aim of advancing EU’s data strategy. Two...

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The Board Whisperers help executives embrace courageous leadership
22 July 2021

A new consultancy firm has launched in the Netherlands: The Board Whisperers. The vision of the firm’s co-founders Daphne Laan...

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Franck Luisada new global leader of BCG’s Telecom practice
22 July 2021

Global management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has named Franck Luisada the new global leader of its Telecom practice....

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How Webs helped Mollie professionalise its HubSpot
21 July 2021

Specialist consultancy firm Webs has helped Amsterdam-based digital payments firm Mollie optimise its entire sales operation and boost productivity –...

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Bird & Bird partner Maria Carlsson joins OXYGY’s board
21 July 2021

International management consulting firm OXYGY has appointed Maria Carlsson as a member of its board, growing the size of its...

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Angelo Centrone discusses being part of global network Nextcontinent
20 July 2021

Angelo Centrone is the country leader of Eurogroup Consulting in Italy, and a leader within Nextcontinent’s healthcare & life sciences...

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Renewable energy commitment of $2 trillion to create 10 million jobs
20 July 2021

Roughly 13,000 renewable energy projects are currently in line for financing worldwide – chalking up to a total required investment...

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Global fashion group AWWG partners with Metyis
20 July 2021

Global fashion group AWWG has enlisted strategy and innovation consultancy Metyis with supporting the digitalisation of its ecommerce operations –...

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Business technology consultancy firm η!Transformers launches
20 July 2021

Four experienced consultants in the Netherlands – Aernoudt Bottemanne, Daan Leenders, Roy van de Kerkhof and Gerwin Woelders – have...

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Alternative debt financing an opportunity in the Nordics
19 July 2021

Debt refinancing among distressed assets is set for a spike in Nordic markets – causing non-traditional financing players to take...

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Maturing supply chain analytics for optimal inventory management
19 July 2021

A growing number of supply chain organisations are embracing prescriptive analytics – the most mature form of analytics – as...

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Patrik Hermansson on Anderson MacGyver’s growth in the Nordics
19 July 2021

Specialising in helping clients navigate complex IT and digital transformations, Anderson MacGyver has spent the last year planning its own...

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Bain & Company appoints 18 new partners across Europe
16 July 2021

Global strategy consulting firm Bain & Company has promoted eighteen new partners in Europe, as part of a global mid-year...

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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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