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

Government procurement accounts for 15% of global emissions
24 January 2022

Government procurement is responsible for 15% of all global greenhouse gas emissions according to a new report from BCG, suggesting...

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Elena Koukouna on working as a sustainability consultant
24 January 2022

Elena Koukouna is an industrial engineer and ecologist that has been working as a sustainability consultant at Blonk Sustainability for...

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Anthesis acquires net zero consultancy Climate Neutral Group
21 January 2022

Global sustainability consultancy Anthesis has sealed its second deal this month with the bolt-on of Climate Neutral Group. Commenting on...

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BiiC appoints Pieter van Halewijn to lead next phase of growth
21 January 2022

BiiC, a provider of organisational health tools to consultants, has welcomed Pieter van Halewijn to its leadership team. Appointed CEO,...

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Bain & Company's Amsterdam office welcomes three new partners
20 January 2022

Global strategy consulting firm Bain & Company has appointed three new partners in its Amsterdam office. Alejandro Navarro and Simon...

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House of Performance joins Dutch consulting groep Highberg
19 January 2022

The Highberg Group – the group behind Dutch firms BlinkLane Consulting, Gladwell Academy and Verdonck, Klooster & Associates – has...

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Amsterdam Data Collective launches sustainability practice
18 January 2022

Dutch data science consultancy Amsterdam Data Collective has launched a new practice dedicated to sustainability and climate change topics. The...

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Alvarez & Marsal bolsters Spanish practice with 60-strong EY team
17 January 2022

Alvarez & Marsal has significantly beefed up its financial services and digital practices in Spain with the addition of a...

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Natascha Pavlovic re-joins Horváth as a leader in its telecom practice
17 January 2022

Eleven years after leaving the firm (and consulting) for a role in industry, Natascha Pavlovic has returned to Horváth. Appointed...

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Monitor Deloitte advising plan to make Inter Milan fan-owned club
14 January 2022

The bid to change the ownership model of Italian champions Inter Milan has entered a new phase, with Monitor Deloitte...

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Microsoft consultancy sa.global lands $50 million growth financing
14 January 2022

Microsoft technology consultancy sa.global has secured $50 million in growth financing from Kartesia, with the aim of accelerating its growth...

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Marcus Hoffmann and Boris Kainz join Strategy&'s Automotive practice
14 January 2022

Strategy& has strengthened its Automotive practice in Germany with the recruit of two new partners: Marcus Hoffmann and Boris Kainz....

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Shirley Tewary returns to Deloitte as a partner in risk advisory
13 January 2022

Deloitte has strengthened the partner team of its Dutch Risk Advisory division with Shirley Tewary. The 48-year-old Shirley Tewary previously...

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Kepler bolsters French team with acquisition of boutique Leading
12 January 2022

International consulting firm KEPLER has in its home market of France acquired LEADING, a boutique business consultancy based in Paris. Paris headquartered KEPLER is...

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Xebia enters Swiss IT market with acquisition of SwissQ
12 January 2022

Dutch professional services group Xebia has entered the Swiss IT consultancy market with the acquisition of SwissQ, a local firm...

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Hendrik Oudelaar on working in strategy consulting at Arthur D. Little
12 January 2022

Working in strategy consulting can be one of the most challenging and intellectually rewarding career paths in the consulting industry....

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Kearney promotes nine members in Amsterdam and Brussels
12 January 2022

The Benelux team of global strategic consulting firm Kearney has kicked off the year with nine promotions. Kearney’s Benelux division...

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The impact of the Solvency II review package on insurers
11 January 2022

In September last year, the European Commission adopted a comprehensive ‘review package’ of the Solvency II rules (Directive 2009/138/EC) which...

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Publicis Sapient buys Romanian software consultancy Tremend
07 January 2022

Digital transformation company Publicis Sapient has acquired Tremend, one of the largest software engineering companies in Central and Eastern Europe....

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Kearney appoints 9 partners across offices in 5 European countries
07 January 2022

Global management consulting firm Kearney has appointed nine new partners across its European footprint. With over 4,200 consultants and staff,...

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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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