Team

A biologist by training, Claire’s early career involved counting Costa Rican caterpillars and other environmental conservation efforts, before realizing much of the earth’s biodiversity is managed by smallholder farmers and there is a lot to learn from them. Claire joined Cafédirect Producers’ Foundation in 2009, attracted by the goal to be an organization led by […]

Sylvia is based in Nairobi Kenya, and has been with the foundation since December 2010. She was born into a smallholder Tea Farming community in the highlands of Kenya and has worked in her pervious jobs in the Tea Extension services at her communities local tea factory and later at a Tea growers SACCO (savings […]

Katie joined the Producers Direct team in 2014 soon after relocating from Nicaragua to London with her family. Katie’s passion for working with ambitious enterprises was sparked over a decade ago, when she began advocating for the voices of indigenous peoples at Cultural Survival in Cambridge, MA.  From this foundation, she led youth development programmes […]

Jean Baptiste, is a native of Haiti, and a son of rural people. He has a degree in Agricultural Science, focusing on Vegetable Production. He worked as Farmer Technical Assistant for Agrotechnique SA between 2008 and 2009. After the earthquake in Haiti he worked for World Relief Haiti, first as Agronomist Field Agent for 15 […]

Whilst studying for an MA in Conflict Resolution at the University of Bradford, Sam became interested in issues surrounding international and community development. Shortly after graduating he went out to work with Supporting Kids in Peru (SKIP), an education and community development NGO based in Trujillo, Peru. Throughout his time with SKIP he ran a […]

Ruth’s passion for international development sparked during her formative years growing up in Kenya. Her experiences growing up in Kenya and her life in UK geared her to work in an impact led environment and especially, supporting the development of small communities. Ruth is a recent graduate of University of Birmingham, graduating with a MSc […]

Based in her native Cusco, Trilce is excited to be back in Peru and working with the Producers Direct family. She has had the opportunity to live abroad from a young age, allowing her to experience different realities, and becoming more passionate about her native Latin America. Trilce graduated from University College Utrecht in the […]

Anncate’s passion in finance and accounts has helped in creating solutions for companies and farmers especially in helping them understand their finances ,record keeping and decision making. Anncate is currently pursuing a Certified Investment and Finance Analyst (CIFA) professional accreditation and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA K), registered with ICPAK (Institute of Certified Public […]

Valerie Anemba is the Producers Direct Africa Coordinator. Having graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Communication, with a double-major in Development Communication and Public Relations, she has always been interested in developmental activities and programmes that support, empower and help to improve the living conditions of the rural community through extension services. Through Producers […]

Eunice lives and was born in Cusco. She has trained as an Anthropologist at the San Antonio National University in Cusco and has a masters degree in Gender Studies from the Pontifical Catholic University in Lima. She has worked as an Assistant Lecturer in the faculty of Anthropology, as an assistant in the educational resources […]

Talia was born and lives in Lima. She studied Forest Engineer in Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. At that time, she was already passionate about Peru, it’s people and natural resources. By the time she finished her pre-graduate studies, she developed an interpretive plan for a Private Conservation Area in the north of Peru as […]

Brian is based in Nairobi, Kenya. Having been raised in a farming community in the southern part of the Rift Valley and being a farmer himself, he has always been passionate about agriculture and agricultural processes. Brian believes that if agriculture integrates technology (big data, artificial intelligence and connectivity), it will be revolutionized in many […]

Claudia was born in Lima and currently she lives in Cusco. Claudia graduated from Piura University with a degree of Business Management; she also has a degree in Linguistics from Major National San Marcos University. During the last year of her studies as a Business manager Claudia did her internship at the Peruvian state company […]