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
