Our Team

Get to know the passionate minds fueling our coffee trap adventures.

Meet the Co-Founder/ Operations Director

Leslie is an Ugandan businessman and co-founder at Coffee Trap, a leading coffee export enterprise championing quality, sustainability, and farmer empowerment across Uganda’s coffee value chain. With over a decade of leadership in agribusiness, Leslie has built a reputation for transforming smallholder coffee production through innovation, traceability, and global market linkages.

A passionate advocate for inclusive growth, Leslie has spearheaded initiatives that connect thousands of smallholder farmers to premium export markets, ensuring fair value, transparency, and improved livelihoods. Under his leadership, Coffee Trap has positioned Ugandan coffee as a competitive, climate-resilient export with a strong focus on quality assurance and data-driven value chain systems.

Recognized for his visionary leadership and deep commitment to farmers, Leslie continues to influence Uganda’s positioning as a global leader in specialty coffee exports — creating an ecosystem where innovation meets impact, and every bean tells a story of resilience and opportunity

Leslie Gunn Thomas

Meet Our Coffee Crew

Managing Director /Business Development Lead

Mrs Sarah Mbabazi Gunn
Mr. Drake Arinda
Mr. Tugume Andrew

Growth, Networking & Partnerships Lead

R&D, Innovation and Technology

Mr. Donald Nahwera

Head of Finance and Accounting