Meet The Team

Stephen Hurst has been in the coffee business for more than 25 years. He founded Mercanta The Coffee Hunters in 1996 and is a European specialty coffee pioneer.

Leah opened our US office in 2008. She has more than a decade of experience as a Cup of Excellence juror and has judged for the WBC and USBC.

Christian runs Mercanta's office and lab in Guatemala City and oversees sourcing & logistics for much of Central & South America.

Gayle has managed the London School of Coffee since it was founded in 2004 and oversaw the design and installation of the school’s current labs.

Stephen joined Mercanta in 2011 and ran Mercanta's lab for many years before moving into his current position as Account Manager. He primarily oversees Scotland...

Heiko Heiden joined the Mercanta Team in Summer 2012 and oversees Mercanta DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia & Bulgaria)

Jamie joined Mercanta UK in 2013, now managing our Middle East operation.

Megan joined Mercanta in 2013 and is an Account Manager for North America.

Laura joined Mercanta in 2014. Her role as our Accounting and Finance Specialist at Mercanta marries her two passions - hard numbers and coffee - perfectly.

Carlos joined Mercanta in 2014 and currently manages sales and logistics for Europe and the Middle East.

Alda joins the Mercanta team from her home country of Brazil. She now works as our social media and marketing manager in the UK office.

After managing our sourcing practices in Colombia for a number of years, in 2020, Juan made the move to Germany to manage our new European office.

Sith joined Mercanta in 2016 and oversees all accounts and finances.

Aster joined our Mercanta Asia team in October of 2015 and now runs the Singapore office.

Döndü manages sales and logistics from our Dubai office and also manages a whole host of other client support tasks.

London and eastern Europe account manager.

Pedro joined Mercanta in 2018 and now coordinates our UK lab.

Harvey joined Mercanta in 2018 as our Lab Coordinator in the UK. Since, Harvey has rotated through a number of roles, now responsible for managing our UK ...

Adryll joined Mercanta in June 2019 and manages accounts in Asia and Australia.

After becoming a licensed Q Arabica and moving to Seattle, Samantha joined the Mercanta team in 2019. She now works as our Lab Manager for North America.

Marian joined Mercanta in 2015, sample roasting in our Asia lab part-time. She is now working for us full time as our Asia Lab Manager.

Lorenzo joined the team in late 2020 and manages accounts in his home country of Italy.

Michaela joined the Mercanta team in 2021 and now coordinates marketing and traceability for Mercanta North America.