THE TEAM
Frank Homann, Founder and CEO. Frank has a background as a military officer in the Danish Army. He later took an MBA from INSEAD in France and worked as a consultant in McKinsey & Co. before he co-founded a high tech venture in Silicon Valley. In 2007, he founded Xoco.
Cristhian Montenegro, is our CFO. He also acts as COO for our Central American operations. Cristhian has been the CFO of a number of Central American based companies. Cristhian holds an MBA in Finance from INCAE.
Stephanie Perrot is our Global Sales and Marketing Director. After more than a decade in the F&B industry between Asia and Europe she joined Xoco Gourmet in 2021. Stephanie has 2 master degrees from the Institute of Political Studies of Lyon and Bordeaux specialized in Asian Business and Applied Geo-economics.
Diana Zarta Cruz, heads our chocolate making. She has a background and education as a pastry chef from leading restaurants in Argentina, Colombia and Mexico. She worked as the chocolate maker for a small bean-to-bar chocolate company in Colombia before joining Xoco.
Herve Fleisch, is non-executive Director of Farming. Hervé has a background in farming in the US and in Costa Rica, where he established and ran high yielding farms. In 2009 he joined Xoco as an investor and is heading our farming practice. Herve has a PhD in Agriculture and Soil management from the University of Hawaii, as well as an MBA from Thunderbird.
OUR TECHNICAL TEAM SUPPORTING THE PARTNER-FARMER PROGRAM IN HONDURAS, GUATEMALA AND BELIZE
OUR FARMING TEAM IN NICARAGUA
