Rijnconsult is a Dutch organizational advisory firm based in Utrecht, founded in 1978. It operates as an employee-owned cooperative and focuses on combining “hard and soft” elements of change — structure and strategy alongside people and collaboration — to help organizations become more effective and resilient.

Main Service Areas

Rijnconsult’s work is built around four core disciplines:

  • Organization advice – strategy, governance, structure, and process optimization for organizations undergoing change.
  • Process management – guiding complex, multi-stakeholder projects and chain/network collaborations.
  • Interim management – placing experienced interim managers and directors in organizations that need temporary leadership.
  • Recruitment & selection – sourcing and placing permanent leadership and specialist talent.

Focus Themes and Sectors

The firm’s advisory themes include strategy, governance and structure, process design, leadership, people development, and sustainability, with particular attention to social-sector impact. Its clients span government and public administration, healthcare, education, agriculture and food, and housing and infrastructure, as well as private businesses operating internationally.

Additional Facts

Rijnconsult holds B Corp certification (awarded in 2025), underlining its commitment to social and environmental performance alongside commercial results. The company reports a client satisfaction score of 8.6 out of 10, and describes its guiding philosophy as the belief that organizations are only truly effective when they excel at collaboration — both internally and across the networks they operate in.