Montagu Evans has appointed Oliver Pye as its new head of sustainability for ‘client and firm-wide engagement’.
Pye, who will report directly to managing partner Rob Bower, will set the strategic direction and overall sustainability and environmental ambitions for the firm. He joins the company from ESG and energy management consultancy EVORA Global and prior to that Pye was a senior ESG consultant at ARUP.
Bower said: “Oli’s work will form a golden thread, as he drives a strategic approach to sustainability through our planning and development offer. Not only should we, as a business, continuously challenge ourselves to do better across all areas of the ESG continuum, but we must bring the same thinking and commitment to daily engagement on projects and with clients.
“With government targets and market-wide appetite continuing to grow, this is a role that should generate considerable change at every level and we are looking forward to seeing the impact Oli will make across the partnership.”
Pye added: “This role presents a huge opportunity to support the firm and its clients on their sustainability journey and to deliver significant positive impact across the full trinity of sustainability objectives (economic, social and environmental); for our clients, wider society and ourselves.
“Naturally, carbon is going to be a major priority, including advising on decarbonisation of existing buildings and carbon reduction strategies during design, planning, construction and operation, but I will also have a wider-reaching brief across a range of other areas.
“On top of this, there is a culture here that should lend itself especially well to making any new initiatives successful – strategic thinking, cross-team working, open dialogue and a focus on L&D already happens very successfully and I’m seeing some very exciting opportunities even in my first week.”
