
fairafric
Our team
fairafric lives through the people behind the idea. Meet the Team!
Our teams are united by their love and enthusiasm for chocolate, and of course the urge to make a difference. Because we are the chocolate revolution!



Hendrik
Founder & CEO
On his journey through East Africa, Hendrik gained insight that the continent needs value creation to get out of poverty: The idea of fairafric was born!

Michael
Managing Director Ghana
Michael brings more than 10 years of experience in the cocoa industry in Ghana and has studied quality management. For him, fairafric is home.

Mart
Head of Operations
Martin has already founded his own company, loves process & structures and has worked for several years in a media company in the areas of process management and operations.

Mustapha
CFO Ghana
Mustapha has been working in Accounting in Ghana for 10 years and brings a lot of experience in exporting from free trade zones.

Gabriel "Gabby"
Operations Management Ghana
Gabby has a can-do attitude and has gained a lot of experience working for two multinational cocoa processors.

Berlinda "Adjoa"
HR Ghana
"Difficulty is an excuse that history will never accept."

Tobias "Tobi"
Operations Management
Tobi supports fairafric operations enthusiastically as he reads, builds longboards... and of course, eats chocolate..

Sophia
Content Management
When Sophia is not baking banana bread, she snaps the most beautiful pictures for our social media channels.

Richard A.
Production Supervisory Ghana
"It takes determination to achieve great things in life."

Kwabena
Wrapping and Packaging Operations Ghana
"I can accomplish all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Godwin
Assistant to Wrapping Machine Operator
Godwin supports the wrapping department and ensures smooth operation of all equipment and machines.

Ann-Kathrin "AK"
Location Management North
True to the motto "There is no try, there is just do" AK supplies our customers with our chocolate - whether on pallets or in small packages.

Grace
Chocolatière
With love and precision, Grace develops new recipes and handmade chocolate products in the Chocolate School.

Sinan
Growth Marketing Analyst
With his background as a Data Analyst, Sinan addresses the effectiveness of our campaigns to take the chocolate revolution to the next level.

Amos
Tempering, Molding & Dropline Operations
On the one hand, Amos takes care of the addition of ingredients (salt, almonds...) and the refining of the bars and, on the other hand, the dropline to shape the chocolate into drops.

Stephanie "Bini"
Graphic Design
After designing stamps for Equatorial Guinea and shampoo bottles for Spanish hotels, Bini found her professional fulfillment in designing chocolate.

Henry
Production Management Ghana
Henry has 9 years of professional experience in the cocoa processing industry and is well versed in quality control, quality assurance and the implementation of food safety management systems.

Ernest
Mixing, Refining & Conching Machine Operator.
Ernest is the chocolate expert and refines the chocolate mass by mixing and conching to achieve the best taste and consistency.

Theresa
Sales Management
A trip to the Peruvian Amazon awakened her fascination for cocoa. In the sales team she is now responsible for bringing our chocolate drops to the market.

Miranda
Marketing & PR Management
Miranda was immediately convinced by fairafric's "Decolonize Chocolate" vision. Now she supports the chocolate revolution in marketing und PR.

Griselda
Chief of Staff
Griselda supports Michael in strategic planning and execution around the fairafric brand, marketing, HR and operations in Ghana.

Sebastian "Sebi"
Marketing Assistant
For Sebi it was a logical consequence to stay with fairafric as a marketing all-rounder after his internship.

Ann
Quality Analyst
In quality analysis, Ann pays attention to the food quality of raw materials and intermediate and final products produced by hand or by machine.

Christina "Chrissi"
Sales Assistant
Chrissi wanted to gain her first experience in business first as an intern and now as a working student - but only in a company that really acts fairly and sustainably.

Lisa
Product Owner
Lisa takes care of the front-end of the website and surfs the Eisbach in
her free time.

Philip
Production Hands Ghana
Philip grew up on the farms and previously worked in a hotel. His motto: "Stay awake!"

Janina
Event Management & Digital Design
Janina loves to be versatile. This is also the case at fairafric. After different jobs in the field of design, she is now looking forward to dive into the world of chocolate.

Jonas
Chief Financial Officer
Jonas is the financier in our chocolate world and wants to make fairafric the most economically sustainable chocolate in the world.

Elias
Operations Management
When Elias stumbled across fairafric, he was immediately hooked on the idea. Now, as process manager, Elias ensures that the systems and processes run smoothly.

Sarah
Team assistance
Sarah coordinates the fairafric team in Germany like a conductor. She is always on hand to offer advice and support, drinks gallons of coffee and ensures a good atmosphere in the office.

Enoch Padi Adu
Technical Management
Enoch is a process planning and system control specialist with over 15 years of cocoa processing experience with 3 multinational cocoa processing companies.

Audrey
Quality Management
Audrey has 11 years of professional experience in quality control and assurance.

Melanie "Melli"
Sales Management
Chocolate without a guilty conscience? fairafric could inspire Melli with that. As part of the sales team, she is expanding the sales network and making sure that the world becomes a little bit fairer chocolate by chocolate.

Patrick
Finance & Controlling
When Patrick saw our documentary "Decolonize Chocolate", he immediately knew that he wanted to become a part of the biggest chocolate revolution. Since then, he has been taking care of the operational processes in the area of finance and driving data transparency.

Julika
Supply Chain Optimization
After returning from her stay in Ghana, Julika is gripped by wanderlust. Since fairafric brings a piece of Ghana to Germany, she is immediately convinced and discovers her enthusiasm for Excel spreadsheets in Supply Chain Optimization.

Can
Marketing Assistant
Can unterstützt als Illustrator und Grafik Designer tatkräftig das
Marketing team von fairafric. Seine Lieblingssorte: 72% Dunkle Schokolade und Milch.

Richard
Chocolatier
At the Chocolate School, Richard develops new recipes, plans production and creates the handmade chocolates. His dream is to become a respected chocolatier that will benefit fairafric, Ghana and the whole world.

Helina
Production Assistant
Helina supports production management in quality assurance, development and production of Amanase products.

Hasiya
Chocolatière
Hasiyah develops and produces delicious chocolate creations in the Chocolate School.

Daniel
Assistant to Molding Machine Operator
Daniel supports all processes around the molding machine to get the chocolates into shape.