Meet the Team
CEO and Founder (Glorious Leader)
Henrietta Lovell
Trailblazer. Author. Businesswoman.
Champion of tea and the people who grow it.
Doesn't take no for an answer.
Favourite Tea - can't choose (they're all like children to her).
Finance Director
Louise Wilson
Mom to 3 little boys so permanently exhausted.
Loved scuba diving PC (pre-children).
Favourite Tea - Silver Tip White Tea
HEAD OF SALES
Jack Clay
A sea-urchin diver in a previous life.
Keen practiser of "Acro-Yoga", whatever that is.
Has a very itchy dog, Spyro (who occasionally joins us in the office).
Favourite Tea - Nepali Himalayan Spring & Tarry Lapsang Souchong
Bookkeeper
Beena Shah
Actual number wizard; can reconcile most transactions with her eyes closed.
Holds record for longest Rare Tea commute.
Favourite Tea - Rare Masala Chai
CTO (Chief Tea Officer)
James Robinson
Not actually a cat.
Builds computers and servers in his spare time. Occasionally cycles across countries for fun.
Was made to make tea for Henrietta on his first day (has never forgotten the terror).
Favourite Tea - Rare Chinese Keemun
Operations & Logistics
Will Coleshill
Will likes nothing more than playing the sax with no-one around and drinking mild ale (not at the same time, although that would be impressive.)
Also enjoys reading ridiculous comics, baking bread, eating bread.
Favourite tea - Silver Tip White
Sales & Development
Thalonja Slui
Has a serious feta addiction, loves dancing in her self-made leggings and thinks that London is full of mountains - she comes from a very flat country (the Netherlands).
Favourite tea (so far) - Hibiscus Flowers & Silver Tip Jasmine
Sales & Development
Maxwell Tait
Very good at watching films. Big fan of fish & chips, and swimming whenever the opportunity presents itself. Spends most of his money following Cambridge United up and down the country, for his sins.
Frowns whilst cooking.
Favourite tea - Rare Pipachá Oolong
CUSTOMER SERVICE & OPS SUPPORT
Niamh Haynes
If Henrietta is the soaring turret, Niamh is the solid, dependable walls of the castle. She is the reason you get your orders, and she's damned good at it too.
Hardy year-round outdoor swimmer in her local lido - hardcore.
Favourite tea - Sri Lankan Hand Rolled
P.S. It's pronounced NEEV.
Social Media & Marketing
Ian Douglass
Artist (and vampire) in residence.
Fancy collaborating with us? Get in touch directly with Ian at id@rareteacompany.com
