meet the team
Driando Ahnan-Winarno
Driando is a food scientist-entrepreneur-artist whose life mission is to give people access to affordable, nutritious, and sustainable plant-based protein sources through tempeh. Which, growing up in Bogor in Indonesia, he’s been eating since he was a baby.
Driando is a very talented musician and loves nothing more than playing with his band (well, except for tempeh).
Chris Kong
Chris is a biochemist-turned-entrepreneur who’s excited by the amazing potential of translating advances in food science and technology into real-world impact. Something he believes we can do through tempeh fermentation.
Chris is a very keen runner, running multiple marathons a year. All fuelled by tempeh, of course.
Elin Roberts
Elin is a marketing strategist who’s passionate about making the world a happier, fairer and more sustainable place. As part of this, she’s been a long-time advocate of plant-based eating, having been veggie for over 10 years and vegan for almost 8.
Elin is a huge animal lover - she’s at her happiest when she’s surrounded by furry friends (with a bowl of tempe kecap in hand, obviously).
Fabio Rinaldo
Fabio is a food scientist with a passion for plant-based food and Indonesian culture, through which he realised the potential of tempeh in creating a more sustainable future. He also has lots of experience in developing the tastiest plant-based foods he can.
There are three pillars to Fabio’s life: playing ultimate frisbee, drinking Italian coffee and anything to do with tempeh.
Noora Pärssinen
Noora is a multi-talented sustainability guru whose main passions include reducing food waste and promoting ethical, low-impact living. She’s been working in plant-based food for over 4 years, so she really knows her stuff.
Noora loves strong coffee, dark chocolate and eating copious amounts of tahini (tahini + tempeh = heaven).
Ursa Dornik
Ursa is a true jack-of-all-trades when it comes to design and creativity. Besides her passion for making beautiful designs, she’s also a food enthusiast with a newfound love for tempeh. She's even made her own out of all different beans and nuts.
Ursa loves to paint, and she’s found her new muse in tempeh.
Misha Shariva
Misha is a chemist and environmental activist, who feels at her calmest doing research in the lab. Her dream is for everyone to be able to do their bit for the planet, with one of the ways to do so being through food - especially tempeh.
Misha loves nothing more than to explore nature's beautiful creations: the mountains, the forest, and tempeh of course.
Thalis Bussière
Thalis is a food scientist who's committed to creating a more sustainable food system, which she believes we can achieve by promoting and innovating on delicious plant-protein foods. She's also a fermented foods enthusiast, so needless to say she found her new passion in tempeh.
Thalis loves drawing, and never goes anywhere without her pastels (and a bowl of tempeh to keep her fuelled, of course).
Lidwina Chrysanti
Lidwina is a food biotechnology extraordinaire who loves nothing more than running research, especially on tempeh. Even though tempeh is well-known in Indonesia, she wants all Indonesians to appreciate all of its incredible benefits.
Lidwina loves both singing and tempeh so much, that she serenades her soybeans before they go into the incubator.
