fairafric

Our team

fairafric lives through the people behind the idea. Meet the Team!

Team
Whether in Ghana or in Europe

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.

Griselda

Chief of Staff

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

Berlinda "Adjoa"

HR Ghana

"Difficulty is an excuse that history will never accept."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Philip

Production Hands Ghana

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

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.

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.

Team Ghana von Fairafric

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.