ASCOR: Transforming Waste into Profit

Alexander Schafran, CEO and founder of ASCOR, has over 25 years of experience in logistics and steel commodities trading. He began his career in 1996 as a director of East Europe division at Maersk Norway, later becoming Managing Partner at Brodrene London Trading in 2000. Throughout his successful career, Schafran has acquired a range of academic qualifications, including an MSc in International Marketing and Management from BI Norwegian School of Management and an MBA in Corporate Management, Finance from the London School of Economics. In 2007, he established his own global metal trading business, which has since grown to be known for its reliability and exceptional service-oriented approach among industry peers.

Martin Wehnert is a growth-focused financial professional with over 20 years of his expertise lies in M&A, corporate strategy, capital markets, and wealth management. Additionally, he is well-versed expert in the transportation sector especially aviation, railway, and shipping. As an independent board member to ASCOR AG and senior banker to a family-owned Swiss bank, he strives to enable the growth strategy of ASCOR AG. Before he was a senior banker at Credit Suisse AG for ultra-high net clients and senior strategy manager at Accenture AG (CH) responsible advising companies on M&A transactions, cost efficiency and developing cutting-edge technology strategies. Martin holds an MSc degree in mathematics and completed the Executive MBA (EMBA) programme at Duke Fuqua Business School (USA).