Inspiring People

Raúl del Águila
Manager of Agrarian Cooperative of La Convención and Lares (COCLA), a Peruvian small producers' organization.

Father Leonard van Baelen
Economist, theologian and founder of Fair Trade NGO CDI-Bwamanda, Congo.

Michael Barratt Brown
An economist, political activist and adult educator who helped found the Fair Trade movement in Britain and lead the creation of the New Left.

Bert Beekman
Director of Fair Trade label Max Havelaar and a pioneer in fair trade products such as bananas, coffee, nuts and cocoa.

Mark Hayes
Founder of the Fair Trade financial cooperative Shared Interest, which provides trade credit and finance to producer cooperatives overseas.

Raymond Kimaro
Chairman of the African Fair Trade Network and General Manager of the KNCU, one of Tanzania’s largest Fairtrade coffee cooperatives.

Robin Murray
Prolific industrial and environmental economist who was a key player in the birth of the Fair Trade movement.