On 1 January 2022, Thomas Braun (pictured below) celebrated 30 years of service at bvse-Bundesverband Sekundaerrohstoffe und Entsorgung e.V. (Federal Association for Secondary Raw Materials and Waste Management)
Eric Rehbock, Executive Director of bvse congratulated Braun and thanked him for his commitment to the interests of the association’s members with heart and soul and a clear line. He said, “Well-connected, loyal, obliging and with great diplomatic skills, he has made a decisive contribution to the success of the Association. Together with the Executive Committee, we are looking forward to further years and joint successes together at the bvse.”
Braun, who studied business administration, had his first contact with the recycling industry in 1991 at the Vfw – Vereinigung fuer Wertstoffrecycling GmbH (Association for the Recycling of Recyclable Materials) in Cologne and moved to the bvp – Bundesverband Papierrohstoffe e.V. (Federal Association for Paper Raw Materials), Cologne, the predecessor of today’s bvse e.V., as a consultant at the beginning of 1992. Here he became Deputy Managing Director in 1996 and then Managing Director in 2001.
