Press release: Accelar targets sector growth with new appointments
Strong business performance and sector growth opportunities have seen Accelar announce two new appointments to our team that will support the next phase of growth for our business.
Michael Samways has been appointed as Director of Sustainability and the Built Environment and will not only support existing service lines, but also lead the development of new advisory services for our clients. Michael joins us from the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation where his role as Head of Development for the UK’s first 21st-century garden city was focused on case-making, project development and delivery for civic buildings, infrastructure and environmental projects, securing Business Case approval for over £50m public investment.
Prior to this, Michael has over 20 years’ experience within the ESG, energy, environment and sustainability fields with a focus on the built environment. He has undertaken technical due diligence for transactions on over 1GW of renewable and low carbon energy assets and developed and secured finance for energy efficiency programmes across many sectors including financial services, healthcare, education, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing. Michael has previously held leadership roles with Arcadis, E.ON, SKM and Enviros since the start of his career as an environmental planner with the Environment Agency.
Cara Clarke also joins us in her first full-time role since graduating from the University of Birmingham after a successful internship with Accelar last year. Cara will be working with the team to develop new digitally-enabled services for our clients, with a specific focus on nature finance markets such as biodiversity net gain.
Accelar’s Managing Director Chris Fry commented:
“We are delighted to have Michael and Cara on board as part of our plans to expand Accelar’s impact on the green transition during our fifth year. Having helped to identify and pilot an array of new ideas, we are now focusing on enabling our clients to combine and apply them to more places to achieve greater scale”.
Supporting press information:
Accelar is a strategy and sustainability consultancy and our purpose is to accelerate the green transition. We help companies, public and third sector clients to grasp the opportunities associated with green finance and sustainable infrastructure & the built environment. For further information please visit www.accelar.co.uk.
Accelar is a member of Sustainability West Midlands, the Environmental Industries Commission and a signatory of the Pledge to Net Zero. Accelar hosts the Nature Finance Impact Hub which helps investors, buyers and project developers by pinpointing the financial and environmental impacts of nature positive projects. For further information see www.accelerategreenfinance.com.
For all press enquiries please contact Chris Fry via +44 7986 555168 or cfry@accelar.co.uk.