Andrew, the inventor of IKAWA, grew up in coffee growing countries including Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Burundi.

Andrew is an engineer and industrial designer and developed the concept for IKAWA while studying Industrial Design at the Royal College of Art in London. He’s dedicated years of toil to making IKAWA a reality.

Olly has spent most of his career in the hospitality industry, working for an infamous Portugese-African Chicken specialist managing international role-outs and spending time in the development labs! All with a focus on great customer experiences, Olly is the perfect addition to the team. Having grown up in Aberdeen, Olly moved to London 3 years ago enjoying the city life. Olly loves to cycle and recently ventured from John O’Groats to Land End. During Lockdown, he’s been doing a 20km lap of London each morning before work.

Geoff first encountered IKAWA before most of us, meeting Rombout at SCAA in 2015, and became an IKAWA customer in 2017 in his previous role as Director of Coffee for DETOUR, one of Canada's top specialty roasters. He has taken a deep dive into user-led design and product management, after helping our Marketing team build up the IKAWA Pro brand. Geoff is currently leading the IKAWA Pro Marketing team and proudly representing the IKAWA brand globally.

Helen is a guiding force on the IKAWA team, and also has one of the most interesting backgrounds. Her Law experience is comprehensive in Switzerland, where she lived for 12 years, spent a month in Jersey and finally ended up in Liverpool where she is based today. Helen has always been close to coffee, being married to a coffee trader, and has been around IKAWA longer than anyone else - she was hired to help IKAWA's founder Andrew before there was a single IKAWA employee. She's a proud mom of 4 children, and now a new puppy.You can ask her about doing loops in small aeroplanes or meeting Robbie Williams!

Bradley joined IKAWA in 2015 to head up our Sales and Business Development team and has the perfect niche combining his love of coffee with application of start-up business theory, particularly anything Seth Godin.

He is a qualified UKBC judge and in charge of keeping the team in good coffee. His choice of brewing equipment in the office reflects the growth we’ve achieved – moving from a 3-cup to 6-cup Chemex, through a Technovorm Moccamaster, and we now have a Wilfa Svart, a Niche, an EK, a Linea Mini and selection of V60 and Kalita filters.

He's now a member of the customer-facing team dedicated to making a positive impact in coffee through our technology.

Born in Jordan and raised in Dubai – Rena discovered speciality coffee when she tried her first vibrant, bright and complex Ethiopian V60. After that Rena, a trained chemical engineer, left the oil and gas industry to pursue her love of coffee and join the Pro sales team. Outside of work (and coffee shop hunting!), she enjoys sports including athletics ang gymnastics. Want to follow Rena’s coffee journey? Follow her instagram – @RenaBrews

Joanna has joined us this year as part of our IKAWA Pro Sales team. She has a degree in Biomedical Engineering and has worked in the medical industry before moving into coffee and joining our team. You can now meet Joanna in (almost) every global event we're hosting or attending. In her free time she experiments with coffee roasting at home and enjoys long hikes.

Jacob joined IKAWA in 2021 from within the Speciality Coffee industry, having headed up wholesale at Atkinsons for 5 years. You may have already met Jacob at Coffee Festivals around the UK in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester as well as attending International Shows and competitions as part of his role with IKAWA.

Jacob is currently working out of sunny Manchester and shares custody of a 14 year old Jack Russell called Dotty.

With nearly a decade of experience in the world of coffee, there’s not many areas of the industry that Brad hasn’t turned his hand to. Joining the team almost 5 years ago, Brad started his IKAWA journey building the foundations for our Customer Support Team. He’s now one of our Account Managers, where you can find him recommending roasters and giving guidance on getting set up with an IKAWA. Outside the office, Brad has a passion for food and drink (flavours!) which started when he would make trips into London from his hometown just outside Cambridge. Like a lot of our team, he is an avid and active traveller!

Ed is yet another IKAWA team member with an awesome user-to-employee story. With over a decade of coffee experience at UK roasteries including Origin, HasBean and Crankhouse, Ed has moved through the ranks from Production Assistant to Head of Coffee Operations and (almost) everything in-between. Outside of keeping customers happy for IKAWA, you'll find Ed soaking up the latest NFL scores, catching the latest Marvel movies and navigating the galaxy as an avid Star Wars fan.

Born in New York and raised in London, Peter has always had a passion for food and drink. Before joining IKAWA Peter worked with PACT coffee and instantly fell in love with the coffee industry, forming a passion for V60 brewing. His eye for precision and detail serves him well on the line hand assembling roasters each day in his role of production assistant. Outside the workshop, Peter can be found track and road cycling. However since the introduction of Cally (his poodle) Peter spends a lot more time on foot. Cally ought to have a profile of her own, but can regularly be found asleep upside-down in the workshop.

George initially joined IKAWA in 2016 when he was studying engineering. He started off in the design team before running roaster production, and now managing all things software at IKAWA.   Also, fun fact, George was part of the team that created the bike that holds the current human powered British land speed record! Zoooom.

Timo brings an impressive technical background with him to IKAWA. He studied Mechanical Engineering at London South Bank University and worked as a Production Technician making submarines!

Timo was born and raised in Jinja, Uganda (“the most beautiful part of Africa”) and brought with him a love for sports. Since he moved to the UK, he’s been part of the National Baseball League playing for the London Pirates!

Harry is yet another coffee head that has joined the IKAWA team recently, as part of the Production team. When he’s not building world class coffee sample roasters ;), he can be found reading a good book, working on one of his own (!) or cruising on his skateboard.  Harry is still active in the UK coffee community, apart from his work with IKAWA. He even competed in the UK Cup Tasters and helped host a few editions of the English AeroPress Championship during his time with Caravan Coffee Roasters.

After moving to London in early 2021, Matt joined IKAWA from the Emerald Isle, working in our warehouse and now manages our supply chain. Joining IKAWA marked a significant switch up for Matt having previously trained in Law and Politics, and practising as a Paralegal in Dublin! When he's not at Bayford Street, he can usually be found swimming, attempting pottery or dancing at a festival! 

Ioana is the newest addition to our IKAWA Pro Marketing team, working as a Marketing Executive. She has extensive experience in the Coffee and Marketing industries across 3 different countries, ranging from barista work, community management in the alternative milk industry, and even organising music festivals (!). Ioana is taking care of all things social and IKAWA community related activities which means you’ll most likely get to see more of her at our global events. Feel free to ask her about what’s in her current brew bar rotation. @ioanabombea

Andrea came to IKAWA after several years working in hospitality, with a focus on the coffee industry and over 4 of those years spent at WatchHouse, an UK based world known coffee brand. His daily duties involve making sure that every shipment leaves IKAWA HQ exactly as it should. If you have ordered from IKAWA in the past months, chances are Andrea was the person double checking your order. In his free time, Andrea enjoys drinking many coffees from the amazing selection of specialty cafes in London, trying out new and exciting restaurants, and spending time with his partner.

Lydia has a degree in Social Anthropology and has worked in a range of sectors from Documentaries (hello BBC!) to Law. She now brings heart and art to the IKAWA office space as Office Manager. Her first taste of specialty coffee was a honey processed Colombian filter, and she's been hooked ever since. Her current favourite is still a Colombian coffee and she’s loving all the new coffee geeky things she’s learning in the IKAWA team. 

Emily came to IKAWA in 2021, after 3 years of doing freelance work for IKAWA and working at the Climpson and Sons as a Production Manager for over 4 years, a whole 100 metres away from IKAWA HQ. But Emily started her journey in coffee all the way back when she was in high school in the US.  Her role is managing the IKAWA Home division of IKAWA, helping home consumers get the best home roasting experience possible.  She spends her free time working on perfecting her gluten free vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe and knitting endless pairs of socks for her friends and family.