Jacob Præst

Jacob Præst is a partner at Odgers Berndtson’s Copenhagen office and is particularly strong within energy, utilities and renewables and is part of Odgers Berndtson’s global Renewable & Cleantech Practice. Furthermore, he focuses on private equity funds and professional services, including management consulting, audit and assurance, corporate finance and transaction services.

Prior to his career at Odgers Berndtson, Jacob was a partner in another large international executive search firm and before that, he was a management consultant at Monitor Deloitte and Accenture Consulting. In addition, he has more than 15 years of experience from the Danish and European energy sector and as such, he has had leading roles in Ørsted in Denmark, Belgium as well as the Netherlands, and in his last position, he was the Head of Strategy and Business Development in Ørsted’s Dutch energy company.

As a very experienced and passionate strategy consultant, Jacob takes great pleasure in helping companies succeed in disruptive markets. He believes successful strategy implementation is much dependent on having the right capabilities in the organisation and being able to attract and retain talented leaders.

Jacob holds a master’s degree in international business administration from Copenhagen Business School and Oxford Brookes University.

Jacob joined Odgers Berndtson in 2021.

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