Axel SCHWEITZER

Axel Schweitzer studied industrial engineering at the Technical University of Berlin and was awarded his doctorate in 1995. In the same year, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of ALBA, the recycling company founded by his father, and has managed the family business together with his brother, Eric Schweitzer from 1998 onwards. From 2005 to 2018, he was at the helm of ALBA SE (formerly INTERSEROH AG and INTERSEROH SE) in various roles (Chairman of the Supervisory Board, the Board of Directors and the Administrative Board).

From 2013 to 2018, he was also a member of the Greater China Spokesperson Team of the Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business (APA), and since February 2019 he has been Deputy Chairman of the APA and a member of the German-Chinese Discussion Forum. He is committed to social causes; the company supports the children’s homes in the city of Cologne, for example. As Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ALBA BERLIN Basketball GmbH and Chairman of ALBA BERLIN Basketball e. V., he also plays a role in the world of sports in Berlin.

With the reorganisation of the companies of the Schweitzer family in 2022, he assumed responsibility for the Asian business, the global activities in the area of plastics recycling as well as all the business activities of Interseroh in the field of recycling solutions. As the owner and Chairman of Interzero and ALBA Group Asia, he is dedicated to realising the company vision of a “world without waste”.