Our People
We work alongside you from idea to execution, helping your organisation navigate complexity, unlock value, and scale sustainable impact

Meet our leaders
Laser-focused on exceptional client delivery, our teams help organisations thrive in a future where sustainability and business success are inseparable.
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Rasmus Lundsgaard Nielsen
Partner & CEO
London
Rasmus has 20+ years of distinguished leadership in strategy, M&A and business transformation. Previously, he served as Head of Nordics at PA Consulting and as partner in the Energy Transition practice, a founder of renewables consultancy Lundsgaard Advisory, led corporate strategy, M&A, and market intelligence as executive committee member and Senior Vice President at Vestas, and served on the board of Utopus Insights.
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Steve Woodham
CFO
London
Steve has over two decades of senior finance experience across consulting, energy, and technology. Prior to Xynteo, he has held leadership roles at SLR Consulting, BP, and Electrocomponents, and successfully led Ntegra through an exit and sales process. Steve combines strategic financial leadership with deep operational expertise across Europe.
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Melissa Page
Director of People & Business Operations
London
Melissa has 11+ years experience in human resources and professional development across the business advisory and managment consultancy sector. She leads Xynteo’s People and Business Support functions globally, including People, Marketing, IT, Legal and Executive Support.
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Amy Marshall
Partner & Managing Director Europe
London
Amy has 25+ years experience in energy, clean mobility, and telecmmunications, and leads Xynteo's work in Europe as Managing Director as well as its Clean Mobility practice globally. She advises executive leaders on go-to-market strategies, new business assessments, market entries, business design and commercial transactions.
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Vipul Kumar
Partner & Managing Director India
Gurugram
Vipul has 24+ years of management consulting experience and leads Xynteo’s work in India. He advises boards and CEOs of pioneering global business to drive future-fit growth which is planet and people positive. He specialises in strategic collaboration, energy transition and system change across sectors.
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Erik Darner
Partner
London
Erik has 15+ years of leadership experience across the energy value chain, energy transition, decarbonisation and low carbon solutions. His expertise spans strategy development, transactions and major capital decisions, having advised on over 0Bn of transactions and capital raises. Previously he served as Managing Director of the Energy Transition & CleanTech Advisory practice at S&P Global, and in significant roles at IHS Markit and IHS CERA.
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Emrah Durusut
Partner
London
Emrah has 20+ years of experience in low-carbon energy and climate change solutions, coalition building, developing decarbonisation and ESG value creation strategies, as well as policies and partnerships across many sectors, including CCUS, hydrogen, transport, and power.
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Suman Jagdev
Partner
Mumbai
Suman has 20+ years of management consulting experience having advised boards and CEOs of leading corporates on strategy and transformation mandates. He specialises development of future fit growth and market entry strategies with a focus on sustainability and digital capabilities.
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Sam Preece
Partner
London
Sam has 20+ 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, Partner at ERM with responsibility for EMEA decarbonisation and energy transition, and has held executive roles at Clean Invest Africa, EBS Advisory, Sanctus, and AECOM.
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Vaibhav Doshi
Associate Partner
Mumbai
Vaibhav has 13+ years of experience in the metals, mining sector, and transportation sectors. He specialises in developing and implementing innovative solutions aimed at supply chain optimisation, environmental stewardship and social inclusion.
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Kemaya Kidwai
Associate Partner
Gurugram
Kemaya has 11+ years of experience in strategy, project management, business planning and stakeholder engagement across consumer goods, appliances, cement, social impact, and energy sectors. She specialises in multi-stakeholder relationship management and developing innovative business models.
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Georgi Mintchev
Associate Partner
London
Georgi has 11+ years of experience in management consulting, sustainability strategy, economic downturn planning, and development banking. He specialises in strategy formulation and execution, large-scale transformation planning and implementation, cross-value-chain collaboration, multi-stakeholder coordination and negotiations, and ecosystem building through systemic investment.
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Alexa Rees-Jones
Associate Partner
London
Alexa has 10+ years experience in management consulting, having worked in Xynteo's coalition and leadership programmes. She specialises in systems change, futures, sustainable leadership, and innovation.
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Ritik Kumar Sinha
Associate Partner
Mumbai
Ritik has 13+ years of experience across diverse sectors such as FMCG, energy, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. He specialises in driving systemic change and creating innovative business models that deliver commercial outcomes across the value chain. He focusses on plastic circularity, and designing and deploying strategies that promote sustainable business practices and foster systems change.
Board & senior advisors
Our team is guided and supported by a growing cohort of senior advisors with deep expertise in critical elements of Xynteo's mission.
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Michael Youtsos
Chair, Xynteo Board
London
Michael is a Partner and part of the co-founding team at Leon Capital. He previously was a Partner at McKinsey & Company where he co-led the European Sustainable Investing service line and was global lead for McKinsey’s Sustainability Alliances & Acquisitions. Prior to that he worked at Booz & Company in London and National Oil Shale Holdings in Houston.
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Vy Manthripragada
Senior Advisor
San Francisco
Vy brings 15+ years’ experience to her role as a strategic advisory to utilities, regulators and IPPs, energy project developers and renewable financiers. Her career spans leadership roles across PA Consulting and FTI Consulting, utilities, and government. She specialises in sustainable development, capital access, transaction structuring, and regulatory strategy, helping clients navigate the energy transition.
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Bruce Douglas
Senior Advisor
Brussels
Bruce is CEO of the Global Renewables Alliance and Chief Growth Officer at GWEC. A clean energy leader for over 20 years, he’s driven global growth in wind, solar, storage and green hydrogen through senior roles at SolarPower Europe, Eurelectric and WindEurope, and co-founded the RE-Source Platform to accelerate corporate renewable sourcing.
Careers at Xynteo
Be a part of making business a force for good.
We’re looking for people with a variety of skills - creative, scientific, strategic, or analytical - who have an enthusiasm for challenging the status quo.

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What we do
We turn complex business challenges into opportunities for sustainable impact and value creation.