TCHO Source: Staff Bios

John Kehoe
Sourcing Director

John began his career in international trade in Caracas, Venezuela in 1987. Since the cocoa market in Venezuela was liberalized in 1991, John’s work has been dedicated to the procurement and marketing of specialty cocoa, working closely with farmers, exporters, importers and chocolate manufactures. In 1999, client and colleagues, ED&F Man Cocoa, hired John to restructure a cocoa exporting operation in the Dominican Republic. In 2002, John returned to the United States, and founded “EcoTrade” a Specialty Cocoa brokerage and consultancy based in Miami. Through friendships and contacts developed over the years, John expand his experiences to initiate new relationships and diversifying supply to include Ecuador, Jamaica, Trinidad, Madagascar, as well as fair trade cocoa from Ghana and the Ivory Coast. This work was considered by many as pioneering a market in the United States for Specialty Cocoa.

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