Surprising fact:
I hitchhiked through the Arctic in the middle of winter.
James Ellsmoor
Founder and Managing Director
Secret skill:
I love cooking and trying out new dishes. My specialties are Italian, Asian and Venezuelan dishes. I’m also pretty good at desserts.
Christian Zacchino
Communications & IT Manager
Secret skill:
I always take cuts of plants wherever I travel. I have grown 100s of plants and fruit trees between India and Guadeloupe!
Audrey Joachim
Director of Operations and Growth
Surprising fact:
I was a “runner” on an ITV programme exploring the changes the seasons bring to the British landscape.
Sarah Forster
Director of Programming
Surprising fact:
I’ve always been the youngest manager in every company I have worked with probably until now…
Nesa Constantine Beaubrun
Director Client Services
Surprising fact:
I am a champion equestrian, and have represented Barbados regionally and internationally in show jumping competitions.
Stacey Alvarez de la Campa
Content Manager
Surprising fact:
I have a topical and food allergy to nickel
Isabel Godoy
Project & Account Manager
Surprising fact:
My first writing gig came as a contributor for SB Nation, for whom I helped cover the NBA’s Detroit Pistons between 2015-2016.
Vincent Diringer
Project & Account Manager
Secret skill:
I enjoy sunsets painting landscapes in oil, acrylic and watercolors.
Alexandra Lemus
Design Manager
Surprising fact:
During the past twelve years I have lived in eight different cities.
Julia Schneider Ignacio
Growth & Partnerships Manager
Secret Skill:
I’m learning programming and drawing.
Saibu Baba
Social Media Manager & Newsletter Writer
Surprising fact:
I like playing with different instruments such as guitar, piano, bass as well as the violin during my spare time
Jerome Deiparine
Graphic Designer
Surprising fact:
I aim to be fluent in five languages by 2025.
Santram Meena
Island Innovation Fellow
Surprising fact:
I have visited Costa Rica eight times in my life!
Evelyn McCrady
Island Innovation Fellow
Surprising fact:
I love learning about culture and languages, although I cannot speak them with total fluently as yet, I am learning spanish and japanese
Abia Leonce
Island Innovation Fellow
Surprising fact:
I spent four weeks in Cambodia studying the socio-economic development and governance following the devastation of the Khmer Rouge.
Olivia Pitt
Island Innovation Fellow
Surprising fact:
I used to be a professional sheep wrestler. I have hiked 500 miles (805 km) of the Camino del Norte.
Jimmy Toole
Island Innovation Fellow
Surprising fact:
Toured around Germany with the Lincolnshire youth woodwind orchestra in 2016
Nandeli Pelembe
Island Innovation Fellow