Andrew Tucker

Business Development Manager, Uk+ie at Volcafe

Andrew Tucker is an experienced business development professional specializing in the coffee and food & drink sectors. Currently serving as Business Development Manager for Volcafe Ltd. since September 2022, Andrew has also held the position of Sales Manager for Volcafe Select since May 2019, where responsibilities include leading market expansion initiatives in the UK and Ireland. Previous roles encompass key positions such as Director of Business Development at Paced Group, Head of Coffee & Business Development at Clifton Coffee Roasters, and founder of THE PERFECT PALATE ltd, an independent sales agency. Andrew's commitment to mentoring is evident through a voluntary role with The Seed Fund in 2016, supporting the growth of small food and drink businesses. Andrew holds a BA (hons) in Business from Leeds Beckett University.

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Bristol, United Kingdom

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Volcafe

Making coffee business better, together. Volcafe is one of the largest traders of Arabica and Robusta coffees, providing the beans for 80 billion cups of coffee each year. Drawing on our long history in the coffee trade, we aim to be the world's best coffee partner. Our expertise spans green coffee procurement and preparation, quality control, risk management, and logistics. Our network of buying and selling offices covers over 90 percent of world production. We work across the whole green-coffee supply chain to make coffee business better, together with our partners and employees. We partner with farmers and roasters of all types and sizes to help them meet their customers’ needs, stay ahead of the market and thrive. We work directly with producers, sourcing quality coffee and applying our processes to enhance consistency. We play our part improving growing and production, sustaining businesses, attracting the next generation and securing the future. We work toward a thriving, sustainable coffee business for all. Volcafe’s Sustainability Strategy works in three areas to achieve sustainable profitability for farmers, promote regenerative practices to combat climate change, and support thriving communities through responsible citizenship.