Advisory board

Roger Gnos has worked in recycling since 1991 and has helped shape the development of electrical and electronic waste recycling. He worked for almost 20 years as an operations manager at an electronic waste processing facility. For around 15 years, he has advised Swico Recycling collection points and served as its dangerous goods safety adviser. He is fascinated by both the technology and the people behind recycling.

Originally from St. Gallen, Marius Schlegel has worked for Swisscom in Bern since 2012 and has been Deputy Head of Corporate Responsibility since 2015. Sustainability was already part of his work before then, as he held sustainability roles in the energy sector and in strategy consulting. He holds a master’s degree in geography, focusing on environmental, resource and transport economics. He lives in Zurich, is married and has two children. Marius Schlegel has been a member of the Swico Recycling Board since April 2019.

After qualifying as an environmental engineer at ETH Zurich, Esther Thiébaud worked as a research associate at Empa on research and implementation projects in electronic waste. She combined this work with a dissertation at TU Clausthal. From 2010 to 2017, she was a Swico control expert and monitored material flow data. Since joining environmental consultancy Sofies, acquired by dss+ in 2021, she has designed and managed projects as a senior consultant in circular economy, policy development and producer responsibility. As co-lead, she helped establish the technical inspection body for the VSPR monitoring system and has headed Swico Recycling’s Technical Inspection Body since early 2024. She lives in Zurich, is married and has two children.

Patrick Itel is Head of Procurement at Swiss Steel Group and has more than 20 years of experience in supply chain management, operations and strategic procurement in international industry. He is responsible for developing global purchasing and advancing the transition to resilient, efficient and sustainable value chains. He holds a Master of Advanced Studies in Supply Chain Management and brings in-depth knowledge of the circular economy and extended producer responsibility, backed by extensive experience in the recycling industry. As a former member of the Swico Recycling Board, he contributed to strategy and innovation and helped develop the system from a business perspective. He lives with his family in Grafstal and has two children.