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."
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.
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.