
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.

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."

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

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

Michelle
Content Marketing Management
During her time in Ghana, Michelle got to know
and love fairafric. After her return, it was clear to her to revolutionize the chocolate industry together with fairafric.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!"

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.

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.

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.