Our People
Jason Hall
Director, Technician
Jason has worked as managing director for Ripe since he starting roasting in 2001. From a trade background in motorcycle engineering Jason worked for 6 years in the World Motorcycle GP Championship as a technician. However, since opening Go Bang with Cate in 2000 and establishing Ripe the following year, Jason has continued to be managing director whilst being active in all areas of the business – you name it, he does it.
Cate Hall
Director & Office Administrator
Cate has worked as a director for Ripe since our inception in 2001. Having completed an Honours degree in Human Nutrition in Northern Ireland, Cate is always involved in the nutrition and food development at our cafes. Additionally, Cate is responsible for operations at all our stores as well as staff, recruitment and accounts management – let’s just say, she’s a busy lady!
Anne-Lise Mornard-Stott
Head Roaster
After moving from France to New Zealand in 2012, Anne-Lise began her passion for coffee; starting out as barista and casually attending Ripe’s roasting and cupping nights. With the opportunity arising in 2018, Anne-Lise began as our Small Batch roaster as she realised her love for learning about coffee, just as much as drinking it. Now you’ll find her at HQ roasting all of Ripe’s coffee – single origins, blends and all!
Faye Lin
Roasting Assistant
Starting in August 2019 as a barista, Faye’s passion for all things coffee and roasting has flourished at Ripe – she, like Anne-Lise, realised her love for learning about coffee just as much as drinking it. Now when Faye is not managing at Small Batch, she is at HQ assisting Anne-Lise with roasting, melding and of course, giving the boys a hand with dispatch.
Kieran Aitken
Dispatch Manager
After working in Origin for a year, Kieran took the opportunity to change up this daily routine and become our dispatch manager where he deals with all online and wholesale orders. He’s the man behind the phone that gets you your coffee on time.
Grant Smith
Deliveries & Roastery Assistant
With a passion for coffee, Grant joined the Ripe team in 2019 as our delivery driver and roastery assistant. You will find him on the road delivering coffee to all our customers with a friendly face and in the meantime, he’s helping out Kieran with orders in the Roastery.
Tom Austin
Sales & Accounts Manager
Originally from Wellington, Tom actually started off as a Ripe Coffee barista at our old Brandon St espresso bar all the way back in 2007! Since then he’s been working solidly in specialty coffee from London, to Melbourne and most recently in Western Australia. He’s now come full circle back to where it all began with the goal of delivering high service and excellent coffee to our wholesale partners back home here in Aotearoa.