Ahmed Ben Kebil, Christine Schuler and 2B Consultancy
2B Consultancy is relatively new but boasts an impressive recycling industry pedigree. Formed only last year, the company helps small and medium-size scrap companies in all aspects of establishing a business, even to the point of offering management and scrap sales advice.
Ahmed Ben Kebil
Ahmed Ben Kebil was born in the Moroccan city of Fez but grew up in France. Ben Kebil has a degree in international finance, has worked as a consultant for several institutions including the EU, and has also specialised in the sugar and coffee markets. Ben Kebil moved to Spain and started his own consultancy which took care of the financial side of many different projects. Ultimately, Ben Kebil became involved in a project for a company which needed financing to start up a waste-to-energy plant.
Christine Schuler
Christine Schuler was born with "scrap running through her veins". Her parents owned Schuler Rohstoff, a family-owned metals recycling company in the south of Germany which, for the last 85 years, has been operating two scrap yards. As a child, she helped out at the yard during holidays and at weekends. After graduating from high school, she became a fashion designer and moved to live and work in Italy. But as some of her parents' leading customers lived in Italy, she sold them the family scrap in her spare time and duly fell in love with the business. Subsequently, she spent nine years working for recycling machinery manufacturer Lindemann as Sales Manager for the Italian market. In 2003, Christine met Ahmed Ben Kebil and they have been together ever since - not only in their personal lives but, more recently, as business partners in 2B Consultancy.
On meeting Christine, they decided to join forces and founded 2B Consultancy. Combined, Christine and Ahmed Ben Kebil speak a total of six languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Arabic. Furthermore, Christine and Ahmed Ben Kebil have lived and worked in seven different countries, giving them an understanding of many cultures.