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 wins Best Small Business Award 2021

XtraAdvice was rewarded the Small Business Award 2021 for Best Strategy & Management Consultancy – The Netherlands. Corporate Vision wrote in their evaluation feedback about XtraAdvice: “This award truly represents all of your hard work and dedication paying off. Our merit selection process narrows down nominees in order to seek out exclusively the very best that the Small Business Industry has to offer on a global scale.”

XtraAdvice News Highlights

We are involved: bring the Formula E Prix to the Netherlands
01 maart 2022

XtraAdvice and several of its partners and clients are involved in the efforts to “bring the Formula E Prix to the Netherlands. Our participation with the Formula includes a role as Chair for in the FE Advisory board.

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On the jury: Stef Oud at the annual SAP Netherlands best customer awards
01 maart 2022

In 2021 XtraAdvice partner Stef Oud was on the jury for the annual SAP Netherlands best customer awards. The awards were acknowledged in 4 project categories: Digital Core, Customer Experience, Human Experience and Lead with Purpose.

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Xtra Inspiration with renowned musician Andre Heuvelman
10 maart 2021

Music has a scientifically proven, positive impact on your mental and physical well-being. A very valuable fact to consider for professional service firms with employee health under even more pressure than usual during these challenging pandemic times.

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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

Scaling from a start-up and scale-up to a grown-up company
25 May 2022

For many successful start-ups and scale-ups, evolving to a fully-fledged company is accompanied by growing pains. Jonathan Aelterman (Möbius) and...

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BearingPoint achieved its most successful year
25 May 2022

Global consulting firm BearingPoint has bumped up the revenues of its core business areas – Consulting, Products and Capital –...

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Taking a multidisciplinary approach to internal audit
25 May 2022

Internal auditing is no longer just about oversight but also about providing insight. That’s why auditors need a more holistic...

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Anastasia Makeeva joins strategy team of EY-Parthenon
25 May 2022

After spending eight years at another Big Four firm, Anastasia Makeeva has joined EY’s strategy outfit EY-Parthenon. Based in Amsterdam,...

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Mounaim Cortet new leader of Innopay in the DACH region
24 May 2022

Consulting firm Innopay has named Mounaim Cortet as the new country manager for its DACH operations. Founded in 2002 in...

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Air France-KLM working with BCG on ‘New Horizon’ strategy
24 May 2022

Air France KLM is on the verge of launching a new strategic transformation programme. The initiative will adjust its governance...

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IDC Metri offering helps measure the cost and value of agile teams
24 May 2022

IDC Metri has launched a new service that helps companies measure and enhance the productivity and delivery speed of their...

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David de Graaf leads Royal HaskoningDHV’s digital division
24 May 2022

Royal HaskoningDHV has appointed the Dutchman David de Graaf as the new Global Director of its Digital division. In his...

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Anderson MacGyver hosts digital transformation podcast ‘Limitless’
23 May 2022

Over the past months, Anderson MacGyver has been building out its podcast series focused on the theme of digital transformation....

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Marktlink advises on two Dutch-German mid-market transactions
23 May 2022

Marktlink’s deal team has closed two deal mandates in Germany, bringing two German companies together with Netherlands-based acquirers. The first...

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Leadership and culture change boosts Eurocontrol's MUAC
20 May 2022

Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) manages the upper airspace between 24,500 and 66,000 feet over Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg...

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Bain offers sustainability program to French and Dutch teams
20 May 2022

Global strategy consulting firm Bain & Company has teamed up with two leading European academic institutions to develop a tailored...

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Transavia expands technology collaboration with Cegeka
20 May 2022

To help meet with the intense digital demands of modern air-travel, Transavia five years ago outsourced its entire IT infrastructure...

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Fluence Technologies hands out awards to cpmview and roosi
20 May 2022

Fluence Technologies, a global provider of financial consolidation, close and reporting software, has unveiled its Partner of the Year winners...

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Capgemini Invent buys financial services specialist Chappuis Halder
18 May 2022

Chappuis Halder, a global strategy and management consulting firm dedicated to the financial services industry, has been acquired by Capgemini...

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Carl Raning leads Oliver Wyman in Sweden and Nordics
18 May 2022

Global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman has named a new leader for its Nordic business, with Carl Raning taking over...

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PwC acquires eilersconsulting and ID-Consult in Germany
16 May 2022

PwC has signed two acquisitions in the German market, adding eilersconsulting and ID-Consult in Germany to its advisory division. “These...

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Pedro Pérez Iruela leads EY's Spanish financial services business
16 May 2022

EY has appointed a new leader for its financial Services business in Spain: Pedro Pérez Iruela. Pedro Pérez Iruela brings...

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Grant Thornton boosts sustainability services with double Dutch deal
13 May 2022

Grant Thornton has acquired two sustainability consultancies in the Netherlands: Avance Impact and Wolfs Company. “Entrepreneurs are increasingly obliged to...

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Barend van Bergen joins EY-Parthenon as a partner
13 May 2022

Barend van Bergen has relocated back to the Netherlands to join strategy consultancy EY-Parthenon as a partner. “After spending five...

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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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Stuart
Layzell

Partner
+44 7841 952 557 info@xtra-advice.com
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Andre
Heuvelman

Creative Partner
+31 6 549 811 49 info@xtra-advice.com
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Herman
Diekman

Partner
+31 6 430 240 60 info@xtra-advice.com
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The experience and background we bring

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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.

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