Press release: 22 May 2025, London, United Kingdom
Xynteo, a specialist advisory firm dedicated to providing decarbonisation, energy transition, and circularity services to the world’s largest companies, announces the appointment of Sam Preece as Partner.
Sam brings over 25 years’ experience leading ESG, sustainability, and energy transition initiatives across global markets. Most recently, he was Partner for ESG Sustainability Reporting and ESG Capital Markets at PwC, advising clients on impact reporting and sustainable investment strategies. Prior to this, he was a Partner at ERM, supporting clients across EMEA on decarbonisation and energy transition. Earlier in his career, Sam held executive roles at Clean Invest Africa, EBS Advisory, and Sanctus, following leadership positions at AECOM, where he led the Environment Business Line for the UK and Ireland.
Sam joins Xynteo to expand its impact and offerings to clients, with a focus on sustainability reporting, strategic baselining and insights, and empowering operational transformation for future-fit business.
Xynteo CEO Rasmus Lundsgaard Nielsen said: “We are delighted to welcome Sam Preece to Xynteo as a Partner. His deep expertise in ESG, sustainability reporting and energy transition will be a great asset to our clients and team. Sam’s passion for creating sustainable value aligns perfectly with Xynteo’s mission, and we are excited for the impact he will bring as we help businesses lead the transition to a more sustainable future.”
On his appointment, Sam added: “It’s refreshing to join Xynteo at such a pivotal moment as businesses evaluate their sustainability activities to understand how they need to be more efficient, which risks must be addressed and where they need to accelerate to differentiate and create value. Throughout my career, I’ve been passionate about helping organisations find options that improve business outcomes and sustainability. Xynteo’s collaborative, impact-driven approach, deep technical expertise and organisational agility is exactly what is needed to partner with clients in new ways and accelerate priority outcomes. I look forward to working with our partners and clients to challenge and test their approaches to sustainability and deliver efficacy and value for business and society.”
Xynteo has long been recognised for its dedication to supporting businesses in achieving measurable sustainability outcomes and providing ideation, setup, operation and expansion of industry-led coalitions and programmes, including Europe Delivers, Vikaasa, Build Ahead, and Energy Leap. The appointment of Sam reflects the company’s ambitions to grow its advisory capabilities and presence through new services, sectors, themes, and practical outcomes.
About Xynteo
Xynteo is a specialist advisory firm, based in Europe and India, on a mission to help global organisations and investors accelerate sustainable impact and value creation.
In a market dominated by traditional consultancies, Xynteo is disrupting the status quo. Our work goes beyond ‘just strategy’ to transform complex decarbonisation, energy transition and circularity challenges into practical, actionable pathways for commercial success. By forging long-term partnerships with our clients, leveraging our expertise and extensive alliance ecosystem, we empower companies to identify, realise, and scale opportunities at all stages of their value creation journey.
Our tailored solutions help organisations achieve meaningful, measurable results. We unlock systemic challenges through collaboration, devise sustainable value strategies, bring to life economically viable transformation, and generate impact across the investor portfolio lifecycle.
For more information visit: www.xynteo.com
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Contact: Nicolas Midegs, Head of Marketing, nm@xynteo.com
