who is
fairafric?
Many people are involved in the production of our super-fair chocolate. Get to know some of them here.
fairafric Team
Hendrik
Founder
Hendrik gained a lot of experience in international sales before he founded fairafric.
MICHAEL
Managing Director Ghana
"Throw me into the den of lions and i will come up leading the pride"
JULIA
Head of Sales
Julia loves to go mountain climbing and is taking us to new heights as our sales manager.
MUSTAPHA
CFO Ghana
Mustapha has been working in accounting in Ghana for 10 years and brings a lot of experience in export management from free trade zones.
ELISA "Eliza"
Head of Brand & Creative
Alongside her passion for documentaries, Elisa decided to turn her biggest weakness into a career and entered the chocolate business as a marketing executive in 2019.
Gabriel "Gabby"
Plant Manager Ghana
Gabby has a great "Can-do-anything"-attitude and gained a lot of work experience at two cocoa production companies.He represents the staff on our Supervisory Board.
Berlinda "Adjoa"
HR Ghana
"Difficulty is an excuse history never accepts."
Florian "Flo"
Head of Special Projects
Our ARTE documentary convinced Flo to apply at fairafric and in the office he was convinced to stay.
Henry
Production Management Ghana
"A good name is better than riches."
Tobias
Operations
Tobi supports us in Operations as enthusiastic as he reads books, builds longboards..and of course eats chocolate!
Sophia
Content Marketing Management
Sophia is our banana bread queen and also responsible for snapping beautiful pictures for our social media.
Richard A.
Production Supervisory Ghana
"Determination to achieve greater things in life."
Mark
Online Marketing Management
Mark developes our online campaigns and ensures that more and more chocolovers can immerse in the world of fairafric.
Kwabena
Wrapping and Packaging Operations Ghana
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Luise "Lui"
Sales Management
Luise was first an intern, then a working student, and is now responsible for our zero-waste chocolate.
Amos
Moulding-Tempering Operations Ghana
"Cultivating a discontend against mundanity and mediocrity."
Charlotte "Lotte"
Sales Management
When Lotte was our intern we had no product to sell. Fortunately, things look different today.
Ernest
Mixing-Refining-Conching Operations Ghana
"In God I trust."
Ann-Kathrin "AK"
Sales Management
True to the motto "There is no try, there is just do" AK supplies food retail with our chocolate.
Godwin
Operations Assistant Ghana
"Aim, Plan, Achieve."
Sinan
Growth Marketing Analyst
Daniel
Operations Assistant Ghana
"Trust in God."
Bea
Sales Management
Bea is responsible for organic wholesale and for keeping the team fit with her weekly workouts.
Karen
Marketing Manager Ghana
Karen is an art and chocolate lover! After being a graphic designer for years she’s taken the opportunity to explore something new in Marketing.
Micha
Fulfillment & Quality Management
Micha never played Tetris as a child. Now he's making up for it as our Fulfillment Manager.
Philip
Production Hands Ghana
"Stay awake!"
Stephanie "Bini"
Graphic Design
After stamps for Equatorial Guinea and shampoo bottles for hotels, Bini found her professional fulfillment in designing chocolate.
Helina
Chocolatière Ghana
Helina studied English and loves baking. Her motto: "The word."
Maria
HR & Feel Good Management
Maria is responsible for emotional well-being and other People & Culture issues, that a piece of chocolate can't fix.
Hasiya
Chocolatière Ghana
Hasiya studied computer science before joining the chocolate school."Givers never lack."
Jonas
Head of Finance
Jonas is our finance guy and busy making fairafric the most economically sustainable chocolate in the world.
Elisa
Sales Assistant
Elisa had already written a bachelor thesis about fairafric before joining our team a sales intern in 2021.
Richard O.
Chocolatier Ghana
Richard studied computer science before joining the chocolate school. "Hard pays."
Luisa
Sales Assistant
Years of observing fairafric and a stay in Ghana convinced Luisa. Now she is helping to make our chocolate known in all corners of the world.
Svenja
Content Management Assistant
As a content marketing intern, Svenja combines all her passions, from sustainability to empowerment to eating chocolate.
Annabell
Sales Assistant
Annabell entertained us with funny Austrian words and dance moves as an intern in 2020 and supports us now as a working student.
Sebastian "Sebi"
Marketing Assistant
For Sebi it was a natural choice to stay with fairafric after his internship as a marketing all-rounder.
Antje
Fulfillment Assistant
Antje exchanges her bike helmet for the food hood at fairafric and makes sure all orders find their recipients.
Benjamin "Benny"
Fulfillment Assistant
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