What CPI Risk, Finance & Governance does

CPI Risk, Finance & Governance B.V. is a Dutch transformation consultancy founded in 2005 and headquartered in Hilversum, Netherlands, operating under the tagline 'Connecting People with Impact'. The firm delivers consulting services across Risk Management, Finance, Governance, Compliance & Integrity, and ESG, anchored by its proprietary Hearts & Minds™ methodology, a science-based behavioral-change framework that combines structural/process elements ('hard') with cultural/behavioral elements ('soft') and is built on research from the universities of Manchester, Aberdeen, and Leiden. Additional offerings include strategic advice, change programs, interim/expert placements, CPI Academy training, and—through a strategic partnership with CribConnects—AI advisory services (AI Readiness Audits, an AI Literacy Program with EU AI Act compliance documentation, and AI Governance & Risk frameworks).

The operating model pairs a 12-strong fixed partner group and a ~6-person office team (Finance, HR, Marketing, Office Management) with a curated community of 500+ independent senior consultants who have 10+ years of experience and prior in-house roles, allowing CPI to assemble tailored project teams without bearing the fixed cost of a fully employed workforce. Revenue is generated on a project basis via multi-year contracts with enterprise clients in Dutch financial services (ABN AMRO, Rabobank, Aegon, Robeco, Knab, Achmea, LeasePlan) and adjacent regulated sectors such as transportation (NS), healthcare technology (Philips), logistics (PostNL), and broadcasting (NPO), with multi-year contract cadences referenced across case studies. The firm is B Corp certified (first in Netherlands in 2017, recertified 2020 and 2023 at 93.6 points), winner of 'Best for the World 2022' for Governance, and a consecutive FD Gazelle (2024 and 2025).

Name

CPI Risk, Finance & Governance

Legal name

CPI Risk, Finance & Governance

Website

https://meetcpi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CPI Risk, Finance & Governance is a Dutch transformation consultancy serving enterprise clients in financial services, transportation, healthcare, and public sectors with risk, finance, governance, compliance, ESG, and AI advisory services built on its proprietary Hearts & Minds™ methodology and a community of 500+ senior consultants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting (Risk, Finance & Governance)

akta.pro primary industry

Risk, Compliance & Internal Controls Consulting (BPAHACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Advisory (BPAHAFAA), Risk Management Consulting (Enterprise & Operational Risk) (FSAEADAG), ESG Reporting, Disclosure & Regulatory Compliance (SFDR, EU Taxonomy, TCFD/ISSB) (FSAAALAK), Model Risk Management & AI Governance (validation, monitoring, explainability) (FSAGAFAL)

Keywords

• Risk management consulting
• Compliance advisory services
• Finance transformation consulting
• Governance and ESG advisory
• Behavioral change methodology

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: CPI generates revenue through project-based consulting engagements in risk management, finance, governance, compliance and integrity, and ESG. Projects include strategic advice, transformation programs, and interim/expert placements. Consultants are independent professionals who work through the CPI community model, with CPI managing client relationships and project delivery.
2. Training and Certification: CPI Academy provides training programs including AI Literacy certifications (Foundation, Practitioner, Owner levels), Denktanks, and roundtable sessions. These offerings generate revenue through participation fees and are positioned as both client retention and new business development channels.
3. B Corp Advisory Services: CPI offers advisory services to help other companies achieve B Corp certification, including guidance, practical guides, and step-by-step support through the certification process.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CPI Risk, Finance & Governance is a transformation consultancy that delivers advisory, implementation, and interim management services across five focus areas: Risk Management, Finance, Governance, Compliance & Integrity, and ESG. Engagements are delivered by a community of 500+ senior independent consultants (10+ years of experience) coordinated by a fixed group of partners, and are unified by the proprietary Hearts & Minds™ methodology that combines structural/process change with behavioral/cultural change. Additional offerings include AI advisory and AI Literacy certification (via the CribConnects partnership), B Corp certification advisory, strategic advice, transformation programs, and the CPI Academy knowledge platform.

Product overview

CPI (Connecting People with Impact) is a transformation consultancy offering integrated consulting services across Risk Management, Finance, Governance, Compliance & Integrity, and ESG. The company operates a platform-plus-methodology model combining core consulting services with its proprietary Hearts & Minds™ behavioral change methodology. Additional offerings include AI advisory services (through CribConnects partnership), CPI Academy for knowledge development, and strategic advice, transformation, and interim staffing. The portfolio is unified by the 'Hearts & Minds' approach that balances hard (structure/process) and soft (culture/behavior) elements across all service lines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hearts & Minds™: A science-based methodology and toolset developed by CPI to understand and encourage behavioral change in organisations. It focuses on balancing the 'hard' and 'soft' sides of organisational transformation.
• CPI Academy
• CPI Knowledge Community

Products and services

• Risk Management Consulting
• Finance Consulting
• Governance Consulting Good governance consulting including board evaluations, training, and leadership coaching. Focuses on personal leadership, openness, and culture for sustainable development, serving boards and senior executives.
• Compliance & Integrity Consulting Implementation of new laws and regulations combined with building a safe and integral work culture. Combines structure with engagement for effective and sustainable implementation, covering DORA, NIS2, AML/KYC, and other regulatory programs.
• ESG Consulting Environmental, Social, and Governance consulting helping organizations make sustainable growth concrete, action-oriented, and embedded. Includes CSRD compliance support and broader ESG program design.
• Hearts & Minds™ Methodology Proprietary science-based methodology combining the 'hard' side of structure and processes with the 'soft' side of culture and behavior. Creates buy-in from within for lasting change through a behavioral change approach grounded in research from the universities of Manchester, Aberdeen, and Leiden, applied by 500+ organizations.
• AI Services AI advisory services delivered through the strategic partnership with CribConnects, including AI Readiness Audits, AI Literacy Programs (Foundation, Practitioner, Owner levels) with EU AI Act Article 4 compliance documentation, and AI Governance & Risk frameworks for organizations adopting AI.
• Strategic Advice Immediately implementable strategic consulting that considers strategy, direction, goals, and organizational people. Sets long-term direction and determines next steps together with client leadership.
• Transformation Consulting Change management consulting that starts with people rather than rules. Combines knowledge and practical experience with genuine attention to culture and behavior using the Hearts & Minds™ philosophy to deliver lasting transformation.
• Hire Experts & Interim Management Interim management and expert staffing services providing professionals who immediately contribute with quick results, supported by CPI's large knowledge community and partner team across risk, finance, compliance, and governance.
• B Corp Certification Advisory Advisory services to help other companies achieve B Corp certification, including guidance, practical guides, and step-by-step support through the certification process, leveraging CPI's own B Corp experience.
• CPI Academy Knowledge platform offering inspiring and interactive training sessions, denktanks, and roundtables on risk, finance, governance, compliance, and ESG topics for clients, professionals, and CPI's consultant community.

Quantifiable outcome

• Significant and measurable improvement in integrity, compliance, and risk thinking within 1.5 years (NS case)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability6 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CribConnectscoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic partnership with CribConnects, an Amsterdam-based AI advisory and training bureau, to provide AI literacy and governance services to clients. The partnership combines CPI's 20 years of transformation experience and human-centric approach (Hearts) with CribConnects' AI technical expertise (Minds). Cas Bogaard serves as Advisor Artificial Intelligence for CPI through this partnership.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ayming: Ayming is a European performance transformation consultancy active in the Netherlands with overlap in risk, compliance and operational improvement work for large enterprises.
• Protiviti: Protiviti is a global risk and business consulting firm focused on internal audit, risk, compliance and finance transformation. It is a closely comparable risk-advisory specialist with similar senior-practitioner culture.
• Baringa Partners: Baringa is an independent risk, finance and energy advisory with deep financial-services credentials. Its specialist risk, compliance and finance transformation offering mirrors CPI's positioning in the Dutch and broader European market.
• RiskQuest: RiskQuest is a Dutch risk advisory consultancy focused on operational risk, AML, compliance and CDD for financial institutions—a direct Dutch-market peer, especially for Knab, LeasePlan and bank engagements.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte (Netherlands): Deloitte's Risk Advisory practice serves the same Dutch enterprise clients (banks, insurers, corporates) on risk management, compliance, governance and finance transformation. It is the most direct scale competitor to CPI's core service lines.
• PwC (Netherlands): PwC Netherlands offers risk, compliance, ESG and finance transformation services to the same regulated enterprise base (financial services, healthcare, public sector). It competes head-to-head with CPI on transformation mandates.
• KPMG (Netherlands): KPMG's Risk & Compliance practice serves Dutch banks, insurers and corporates with governance, risk, compliance and ESG advisory closely overlapping CPI's portfolio, including internal audit and ECB-readiness work.
• EY (Netherlands): EY Netherlands competes in financial services risk consulting, internal audit, ESG and finance transformation, often targeting the same Dutch institutional clients.
• Oliver Wyman: Oliver Wyman is a global consulting firm with a strong risk and finance practice serving financial services. It competes for Dutch and European risk and governance transformation mandates alongside CPI.

Regional players

• Steward Redqueen: Steward Redqueen is a Netherlands-based advisory firm with strong ESG and sustainable business credentials comparable to CPI's ESG and B Corp advisory offering, though with a narrower focus area.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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