Meet the algrano team

With a background in digital media and physics, Christian worked for a Swiss consulting company based in Santiago. Christian plans and manages the development of algrano’s online platform, and its marketing and communication activities.

Best coffee? Directly on the field, together with the producers.

Before working on development projects with Brazilian coffee growers, Gilles studied international relations. At algrano Gilles is the growers and exporters main contact. As a Q-grader he understands all the coffees on algrano.

Best coffee? TBD

During his PhD in economics, Raphael published academic articles on the modeling of human well-being. At algrano, he takes care of the well-being of the company: he deals with the numbers, heads the finance and sales departments, and is in charge of investor relations.

Best coffee? A sweet Aeropress in front of the surfvan shared with my family, overlooking the ocean

Professional barista with a background in English language studies, Veronika makes sure that the green beans find their way to the right shelf, right file and the right person.

Best coffee? Filter, whatever place or setting. I enjoy it the most when there is no reason to rush.

Susanna has an MBA in International Business and her career background is in marketing and sales. She has worked in the sports, technology and food industry. At algrano, Susanna is responsible for sales and marketing in the Nordic countries.

Best coffee? Cappuccino with Oat milk

Tom has over 10 years experience in the UK coffee industry before joining Algrano in 2019. From cafe operations to training and heading up a sales team for a leading coffee roaster. Tom is our UK Sales Director, responsible for managing the Algrano platform for all roasters in the UK.

Best coffee? In the morning a flat white and in the afternoon a Chemex with a fresh and funky natural.

While finishing her Master degree in Quantitative Finance, Megi uses financial knowledge to ask business relevant questions and answers them with meaningful analyses based on the platform’s data.

Best coffee? An espresso, at some local coffee shop in northern Italy

Fabio is a talented software engineer from Basel who lived for a couple of years in Samaipata, high up in the mountains in Bolivia. Fabio joined algrano in 2014 from this Bolivian outpost and he has been in charge of the platform development ever since.

Best coffee? A single origin coffee best as a filter brew in a nice coffee shop where it's freshly roasted.

Curious, kind and funny, and with a background in Economics and Informatics, Zmago builds new features for the algrano platform.

Best coffee? Filter coffee. Preferably at home, early in the morning.

Self-taught software engineer, with a curiosity for all things web and pragmatic approach to creating software. Responsible for helping create the best technical solutions at algrano.

Best coffee? I'm only about to discover a true taste of coffee that's nothing like the commercially sold ones. As of now, quality mate blend serves me best.

Luiza worked as a journalist in Sāo Paulo, Brazil, until 2016 when she embraced coffee as a career. She started as a barista, moved to the UK and soon got involved in roasting. She was head roaster at Ancoats before joining algrano.

Best coffee? A Kalita from a clean natural with pineapple notes or, on tougher days, industrial quantities of a chocolatey and bright Guatemala brewed on a Curtis.

Davide holds a BSc in Economics from The Netherlands and worked at Microsoft in sales for two years. As an Italian, he has an innate passion for coffee. Davide is responsible for sales and marketing in the DACH countries and Italy at algrano.

Best coffee? An espresso in Naples.

Richard has worked for International Traders at the origin in East Africa and at destination in Europe after studying International Rural Development in the UK. The contact for Mid and Large-sized roasters and anyone looking to explore how algrano can diversify their sourcing.

Best coffee? The first one in the morning before heading into the field.

With a background in the Financial Industry and currently in the last year of her bachelor studies in Economics, Lara is responsible for Accounting, HR, and Administration.

Best coffee? A cappuccino along with a piece of cake :)

Maxime has worked 4 years in coffee: from being a coffee merchant in Europe, to finance clerk and three years in Africa (Burundi & Uganda) as an operations manager. Some of the coffees produced under his supervision won Cup of Excellence awards among other competitions.

Best coffee? A fully-washed coffee from the Kayanza province (Burundi) made with love in a Chemex

A background in hospitality management and startups led her into the field of product development in tech-related industries. Jovana is responsible for maximizing the value of the Algrano platform.

Best coffee? Espresso, on the bar in Italy.

Gert-Jan has a background in operations & logistics and worked previously in chemical, petrochemical, and mining industry. He is responsible for shipping coffee safely around the world to your doorstep.

Best coffee? A Chemex on a lazy Sunday morning.

Originally from Russia, now a citizen of the world. I’m passionate about marketing, brands, coffee and storytelling. I am a serious coffeeholic. I have 10 years of marketing experience and my professional purpose is to help people get inspired by the brands I work with. In my free time i do improv and live storytelling.

Best coffee? Aeropress coffee in a plane at 13 000m

A black Labrador Retriever born on May 27, 2019. She is destined to become a guide dog for the blind. Before she leaves us someday :(, her job at algrano is to cheer us up and conjure smiles on our faces.

Best coffee? Puppyccino