Agile management teams for a strong company

Sebastian Waßermann (born 1983) studied at Berlin School of Economics and Law. After graduating with a degree in finance and investment, he initially worked for the BMW Group before joining the ALBA Group in 2009. He worked for various international business units before assuming responsibility for the commercial management at ALBA Wertstoffmanagement GmbH in 2015.

As CFO of the ALBA International Recycling Group, he has been responsible for the areas of controlling, accounting, treasury, legal, taxes and IT since 2017. In 2020, he also became responsible for the executive management of CPE Entsorgungs GmbH. In his current role as CFO of Interzero Plastics Recycling (IPR), he is responsible for the areas of finance and administration and the co-development of the corporate strategy.

Jacco de Haas (born 1975) studied at Erasmus University Rotterdam (MSc, Business Administration) and began his career as a Key Account Manager in the specialist chemicals company Croda. He then held various roles at the international chemical company Oxea and gained extensive experience in strategy and marketing. As Vice President Global Sales, he was most recently responsible for global sales and business development.

In 2020, Jacco de Haas moved from the chemical to the recycling industry, taking the role of Managing Director at ALBA Recycling. In his current role of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Interzero Plastics Recycling, he is responsible for the sales and marketing for the entire production at the five sorting plants, the three recycling plants and the international retail unit, focusing on LDPE, HDPE, PP, PET and EPS. He is also responsible for strategic projects in the field of chemical recycling.

Uwe Küber (born 1958) is a trained maintenance mechanic, graduate engineer in automotive technology and graduate mechanical engineer. After completing his military service, he began working as a professional driver and technical clerk. Since 1996, he has been responsible for managing various ALBA companies – including AWU Sortieranlagen Betriebs GmbH, KVB Kunststoffverwertung Brandenburg GmbH, ALBA Recycling GmbH and ALBA Hultschiner Damm Grundstücksverwaltung GmbH.

Uwe Küber played a key role in the construction of the sorting plants in Berlin, Braunschweig, Walldürn and Marl. In addition to his current position as Managing Director of Interzero GmbH & Co. KG, he is also responsible for the further development of the technology and the further improvement of the sorting quality as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Interzero Plastics Recycling.

After her studies at the British University of Kent and the Belgian Université catholique de Louvain, Melanie Freytag (born 1975) started her career at the audit and advisory services firm KPMG. Before joining ALBA, she worked many years as CFO within the ThyssenKrupp Group and of a mid market mechanical and systems engineering company. In 2020, she became Managing Director and CFO of ALBA Services Holding (ASH) and also took over the operational responsibility for the division Facility Solutions.

Since 2022, Melanie Freytag is CFO of Interzero and also leads the Interzero Circular Solutions (ICS) division together with Sebastiaan Krol. In her role, she particularly advances group wide subjects in the areas of Treasury, IT, Legal, Tax, Group Accounting and Human Resources.

Alexander Maak, born 1970, studied business administration at the University of Wales, Cardiff. In his initial role he worked at an equipment manufacturer, where he had territorial responsibility for Asia and the Near and Middle East. He then became CEO of a shipping company with his own majority shareholding. After successfully selling his shareholding, Maak moved to the plastics sector, and first stepped into the world of Interseroh in 2014. Among others, he led the Business Development division and developed a successful joint venture with an automotive group.

After another stint as Chief Sales Officer in the plastics industry, Maak returned to the company in 2020, and currently leads the national Circular Solutions business units of Interzero as Managing Director. In his current role, he is responsible for growing the existing business units and establishing and expanding new business units in the circular economy.

After completing her Master’s degree at Warsaw School of Economics, Anna Grom (born 1980) worked as a marketing manager in Warsaw and as an EU project manager in Leipzig. She was then responsible for managing and coordinating the entire logistics chain at an international transport company in Vienna.

Anna Grom joined Interseroh in 2007. As Chairwoman of Interseroh Organizacja Odzysku Opakowań S.A., she managed and coordinated the company’s activities on the Polish market, introduced new services and developed sales strategies for the region. From 2018, she was also Head of Regional Center in Warsaw. In her current position as Head of Interseroh Zero Waste Solutions International at Interzero Circular Solutions, she is mainly responsible for advancing the business development, marketing, sales and strategic partnerships.

Martin Ulke (born 1973) studied at the London Business School and the Vienna University of Economics and Business. After his first professional role at Evonik, in 2000, he moved to Brenntag, the world market leader for chemical distribution. Among other roles, he has been Head of Controlling Central Eastern Europe (CEE) in Vienna and CFO of the Turkish subsidiary in Istanbul.

In his position of Head of Interseroh Zero Waste Solutions International, he has been helping to develop the circular economy in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Italy since 2008. As Director of the Regional Center Interseroh, he was responsible for the commercial division; his tasks also included the strategic development of the CEE companies as well as opening up new markets and developing new services. In the International division at Interzero Circular Solutions, he is responsible for the strategic orientation, finance, M&A, human resources and IT infrastructure.

After gaining initial professional experience in mining and tunnelling as well as various activities abroad, Frank Kurrat (born 1968) continued his career from 1998 with environmental services provider Interseroh, where he was initially jointly responsible for setting up a sales organisation for returning transport packaging before taking over management of that business in 2001. In 2007, he became Business Unit Manager for transport packaging and waste electrical and electronic equipment. At the same time, he started being in charge of the sales activities of the Dual System Interseroh (DSI). In 2013, he was also appointed Managing Director of Repasack GmbH.

In 2014, Frank Kurrat took over management of the Recycling Business Center and as Head of Sales was responsible for the Dual System Interseroh and the transport packaging business. As Chief Sales Officer of Interseroh+, one of his key priorities is engaging in constructive dialogue with customers. His goal is to support companies in further refining and implementing their sustainability strategies.

After gaining his initial professional experience in the textile industry, Michael Bürstner (born 1965), who has a degree in business administration, began his career at the environmental services provider Interseroh in 1992. Among other roles, he worked as Branch Manager Southwest and as Branch Manager at ISD INTERSEROH Waste Management Services GmbH in the following years. In 2007, he took the role of Division Manager for the Dual System at INTERSEROH Dienstleistungs GmbH in Cologne.

In 2014, Michael Bürstner assumed responsibility for the management of the Recycling Business Centre, and as Head of Operations System, he was responsible for the Interseroh dual system and the area of transport packaging. As COO of Interseroh+, he wants to actively shape the circular economy together with customers and suppliers with the goal of reducing the consumption of resources in absolute terms.