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.

Read More

Our clients

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

To client overview

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
Read More
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.

Read More
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)

Read More
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)

Read More
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.

Read More

The latest Professional Service Industry news

Executives once again name DSS the world’s top EHS consultancy
24 September 2021

For the fifth year in a row, DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) has been named the world’s leading consulting firm for...

Read More
OC&C Strategy Consultants advises multiple deals in Italian market
24 September 2021

The Milan-based team of OC&C Strategy Consultants has over the past months contributed to the successful closing of numerous transactions...

Read More
Erik Berden joins Eden McCallum’s partnership in the Netherlands
24 September 2021

Eden McCallum has welcomed a new partner in its Amsterdam office: Erik Berden. Erik Berden brings more than fifteen years...

Read More
Meet strategy consulting and Oliver Wyman at The Casecracker
24 September 2021

In November, global consulting firm Oliver Wyman is organising the next edition of its ‘The Casecracker’, the firm’s annual recruiting...

Read More
Viktorija Karaliute kicks-off her career at Mount Consulting
24 September 2021

At the start of this month Mount Consulting welcomed a new junior consultant to its team: Viktorija Karaliute. To find...

Read More
Operations consultancy Valcon promotes ten to the next level
23 September 2021

Danish management consulting firm Valcon has promoted ten of its consultants – internally known as ‘Valconeers’ – to the next...

Read More
Christian Gurny on BearingPoint’s remarkable Romanian growth story
23 September 2021

Next year, BearingPoint celebrates its 15th anniversary in Romania. Today, the firm employs more than 650 consultants, technologists and staff...

Read More
German consultancy Intec selected to support Hrgud wind farm
23 September 2021

Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske’s (ERS), the second largest power utility in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has selected a German consulting firm to...

Read More
DELIVER names PwC knowledge partner of its flagship event
23 September 2021

Europe’s leading event for the retail e-logistics industry, DELIVER, has named PwC its knowledge partner for the 2021 edition of...

Read More
Muriel Weinstein on change and transformation during a pandemic
23 September 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on how business operate, and in its slipstream on how change and...

Read More
Gökhan Öztürk joins digital financial services practice of AlixPartners
22 September 2021

Global consulting firm AlixPartners has strengthened its Digital practice in Germany with Gökhan Öztürk.  The senior hire has been appointed...

Read More
Ennio Neumann Senese on UMS Group’s edge in utilities and energy
21 September 2021

Global specialist consultancy UMS Group helps utilities and energy leaders around the world with their transformation journeys. Ennio Neumann Senese,...

Read More
Holger Lipowsky and Thomas Frost join Bain in Berlin office
21 September 2021

Global strategy consulting firm Bain & Company has appointed two new partners in its German team.  Holger Lipowsky joined Bain &...

Read More
Scaled Agile elevates Prowareness to SAFe Gold SPCT partner level
21 September 2021

Scaled Agile, the institution behind the SAFe methodology, has elevated Dutch agile consultancy Prowareness to its highest partnership tier. Founded...

Read More
Amaury Bonnaire joins Alvarez & Marsal’s Geneva office
21 September 2021

Alvarez & Marsal has expanded its Transaction Advisory practice in Switzerland with the hire of Amaury Bonnaire.  The global management...

Read More
PMP Conseil launches an office in London, 5th worldwide
20 September 2021

French management consultancy PMP Conseil has launched a new office in the United Kingdom, its fifth hub internationally.  Founded in...

Read More
Covid-19? Deloitte’s global revenue cracks the $50 billion mark
20 September 2021

While the global pandemic has laid waste to an untold number of businesses around the world, Deloitte isn’t one of...

Read More
BCG promotes Matthias Tauber to regional leadership role
20 September 2021

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has promoted Matthias Tauber to Head of its Europe, Middle East, South America and Africa region,...

Read More
Kearney promotes trio into its partnership in France
20 September 2021

Global strategy & operations consulting major Kearney has promoted three of its seniors in France – Alberic Fischer, Pierre-Alexandre Koch...

Read More
Working in strategy consulting at Kearney’s Amsterdam office
17 September 2021

Offering young professionals a chance to rapidly build practical toolkits and prepare for a future career, the strategy consulting sector...

Read More

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
More about Stef

Luc
Swaab

Partner
+31 6 536 734 93 luc.swaab@xtra-advice.com
More about Luc

Vera
Melis

Partner
+31 6 515 796 22 vera.melis@xtra-advice.com
More about Vera

Fred
van Eenennaam

Partner
+31 6 200 125 39 info@xtra-advice.com
More about Fred

Willem
Bourgonje

Partner
+31 6 514 163 55 willem.bourgonje@xtra-advice.com
More about Willem

Hans
van den Hurk

Partner
+31 6 204 385 68 info@xtra-advice.com
More about Hans

Tamara
Swaab

Partner
+1 (530) 400-8027 info@xtra-advice.com
More about Tamara

Emile
Aarts

Partner
+31 6 467 648 68 info@xtra-advice.com
More about Emile

Ron
Mangun

Partner
+1 (530) 848-1662 info@xtra-advice.com
More about Ron

Frederic
Ramioulle

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

The experience and background we bring

Keep in touch

Feel free to contact us for any questions, information about our services or an introduction to a tailored program that we can provide to support your organization.

    Or call us at: +31 6 515 796 22