In its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of publicly listed recycling services provider and raw materials supplier ALBA SE (formerly known as INTERSEROH SE), headquartered in Cologne/Germany, has appointed Rob Nansink, 50, as new member of the Board of Directors, effective as of January 1, 2013. In his new role, he will take over responsibility for the new Trading segment. One major task will be intensifying the international focus of the company. Furthermore, he will be responsible for extending the non-ferrous metals business.
Dr Axel Schweitzer, CEO of ALBA SE: “The internationalisation of our markets is growing continuously. We have now taken account of this development by adding a Trading segment to our Board. We are delighted to have won over such an expert as Rob Nansink for this task.”
Dutchman Nansink can boast of 20 years of successful trade of non-ferrous metals to Asia: In 1990, he founded the Dutch company Europe Metals B.V. and successfully developed the company, with subsidiaries in The Netherlands and Hong Kong, to one of the biggest exporters of non-ferrous metals in Europe. Today, Europe Metals is a 100% subsidiary of ALBA SE.
Rob Nansink has been working for ALBA SE since 2007. Currently he is chairman of the management of INTERSEROH Scrap and Metals Holding GmbH, Dortmund/Germany.
The other responsibilities within ALBA SE’s Board of Directors are not affected by Nansink’s appointment: The Steel and Metal Recycling segment is still headed by Joachim Wagner, CEO Dr Axel Schweitzer continues to hold responsibility for the segment Services, as well as the finance department.
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