Managing Partner

Robert Heuveldop

Coffee has been a part of Robert's life since his childhood: he spent over ten years of his youth in Costa Rica where he met coffee farmers from a very early age. As a forestry engineer, Robert's father advised the farmers on optimal land cultivation practices and provided information on alternative sources of income. Robert eventually studied the coffee business from scratch with a very prestigious, large-scale coffee roaster, where he focused mainly on sales, logistics and quality control. As managing director, he spent three years in charge of on-site operations, along with procurement of green coffee in Tanzania. He is now using his deep understanding and insights on the coffee farmers' side to purchase the best green coffee available for List + Beisler. Alongside coffee, Robert enjoys a close connection with his homeland, Sweden. He holidays in Scandinavia at least once a year and loves nothing more than taking his two children with him.

Managing Partner

Jan Walter

Managing Partner

Philip von der Goltz

Philip has a deep-rooted attachment to both coffee and Latin America. Philip grew up in Argentina and eventually discovered his fascination with coffee at an international green coffee trading firm in Germany. He developed his first sustainability project in Colombia, where he also spent several years actively involved in the world of coffee. From that point onwards, sustainability projects became a recurrent feature in his life, and so he decided to pursue it professionally. He was in charge of designing new strategies for sustainable supply chains for a renowned coffee roaster. In addition, he was responsible for developing a subsidiary company in Tanzania and implementing sustainability projects in eight origin countries alongside around 30,000 smallholder farmers. Philip combines his passion for coffee with a responsible trade practices in green coffee and has now begun implementing his experiences by becoming a managing director and Q grader at List + Beisler since 2015. He speaks German, Spanish, English and Italian, has a weakness for good books and loves spending time with his family, with whom he lives in the beautiful Sachsenwald forest.

Finance + HR

Jens Spranger

Jens entered the coffee trade business in 2018 from a financial perspective. Originally trained as a classic banker he later on studied economics turning him into a true numbers person. His work experience includes 18 years at a major bank as well as 12 years at a privately owned bank. This is also, where Jens first got in touch with List + Beisler. Being fascinated by the many different sides and international aspects of trade financing, he was particularly drawn to the challenge of trading natural products. He consequently decided for himself to go even further and deal with the whole picture of international green coffee trade by handling finances at List + Beisler.

As a Hamburg native, the best way to start his day is making his trip to the office by bike and ferry. Travel and sports, preferably both combined, are Jens' greatest passions; running, golfing, football, sailing, and during wintertime snowboarding (not nearly enough in Hamburg). Coffee-wise he prefers a strong and black cup while gladly exchanging it for a nice and cold beer in the evening.

Marketing + Sales

Beke Winter

Beke studied Supply Chain Management in the Netherlands and successfully contributed to a coffee start-up in Berlin and a local foods start-up in Hamburg. She is enthusiastic about complex processes that accompany an extensive value and supply chain, as well as intelligent market management. She has also understood the perspective of the growers from an early age, as her parents run a farm in the Lüneburg Heath region of northern Germany. In her opinion, the most spectacular and fascinating trading product is coffee, to which she is now wholeheartedly dedicated at List + Beisler. Beke coordinates our marketing projects, sales, and market analysis. In her private life, she loves north German cuisine, road trips and a perfect cup of café al panameño prepared by her colleagues.

Trade

Lucas Röckenwagner

Born in Hamburg-Barmbek, raised north of the Alster lake in Winterhude and working solely in Hamburg's historic Speicherstadt – we wouldn't be surprised if water from the Elbe River ran through Lucas' veins.
While already working part-time as a student in high school for a well-known local specialty roastery, he started his professional career path in international trade at the same roastery. Later, he was in charge of all import and export matters as well as trade of a project coffee from Indonesia (Orang-Utan coffee, Speicherstadt Kaffeerösterei). Since September 2018 he has become an energetic member of the trade desk. When he is not enthusiastically debating with his colleague Leonardo about the perfect single cup brew, he loves to take his customers across Indonesia's coffee farms on the phone.
Aside the List + Beisler office, you will find Lucas boxing or behind turntables. As a passionate DJ he is deliberately educating the trade desk about the latest house and techno tunes. However, it is not too unlikely to also discover a good ol' disco record in his sets.

Trade

Wolfgang Kitzing

Born and raised in Costa Rica, coffee has always been linked to Wolfgang and his German-descending family. His grandfather and uncle had already been coffee exporters and got him hooked on coffee - it is within his blood, there is nothing he can do about it.
After finishing his university studies in Central America, he went on with his coffee career in Hamburg. A deep dive into the coffee world followed with different challenging tasks along the coffee value chain: Production, milling, logistics, and international trading were among his responsibilities in different coffee-producing and consuming countries.
Wolfgang has seen quite a bit over the years. He has seen the market at the top and saw it dropping with all its consequences. His special connection and drive for the development of smallholder cooperatives at origin have filled a treasure chest full of experience over the years. Seeing coffees, its people and the business evolve is what he loves most about his job. At List + Beisler he sources coffee from Central and South America and sells it all over the globe.
Moving to Hamburg has proven to be a great decision for him. His family as well as the dog call this place their home already. Once the cozy times are calling, Wolfgang endeavors Hamburg's finest wineries and restaurants together with his wife. He is a man of indulgence and patience, but has the lively spirit of an explorer.

Trade

Maciej Filipski

A day can only be called a day if it starts with a jug of pour-over coffee - at least according to Maciej. His way into the coffee business has been steady and high-flying into Poland's specialty coffee scene. As an advocate of the vibrant scene east of Hamburg, Maciej will manage to have you book your next trip straight along a route of fancy and cozy roasteries through Poland.
His passion for coffee not only touches the brewed coffees. Whenever Maciej travels, he tries to plan in a visit to a coffee farm. His endeavors have taken him far away to Brazil and Ethiopia. However, he was also able to discover a coffee farm on the Canary Islands. When traveling his favorite companion is a good book. How else to enjoy a fruity sip of East African coffee from your Aeropress?
On a quest to discover something new for himself, he chose to swap his hometown Gdynia for Hamburg, where he joined List + Beisler in early 2020. His focus is our customer base in Eastern Europe.
Maciej speaks Polish, English and Spanish. His command of German is improving at an impressive rate – even adopting the German habit of "Kaffee und Kuchen", a piece of cake along your coffee.

Quality Management + Training

Christian Klatt

Christian is a coffee avant-gardist. Up to date with the latest trends and an infallible instinct for which new developments on the coffee market are a mere flash in the pan and those that are here to stay. He started his coffee formation at the tough Double Eye barista school in Berlin, before placing third at the German Barista Championships in 2007. The industrial engineering graduate then spent around ten years working for a globally well-known coffee grinder manufacturer. At List + Beisler, Christian manages the sampling facilities and impresses with his innovative impulses and his vision for a modern coffee culture. Driven by excellent willingness for continuous improvement in quality knowledge, he recently undertook further training to become a Q grader as well as a SCA Sensory Professional. Born in Berlin, Christian has now lived in Hamburg for over ten years. He has come to feel entirely at home here, but that may actually have a lot to do with his family, with whom he spends most of his free time together with friends, at the field hockey pitch or also quite likely at some ping-pong-table in the park.

Quality Management

Luis Cardoso

Luis is originally from Lisbon, where he studied architecture. In 1994 he moved to Hamburg – and in 2016 into the coffee business. Luis has a natural talent as a master roaster at List + Beisler, where he roasts every coffee to perfection. Sampling is another of Luis' responsibilities, where he supports the quality assurance of the coffee in the quality lab with the greatest care and caution: he sifts the beans, monitors the moisture content and identifies any defects. Every delivery to List + Beisler passes through his capable hands. Everything Luis does, he puts his heart into: his job, the people, the process, the coffee, and of course, not forgetting his passionate argument for how a World Cup title is actually not as valuable as a European title.

Logistics

Manuel Behrmann

Manuel didn't discover coffee, but coffee discovered him – and it never let him go again. Before his time at List + Beisler, he spent six years at a logistics company as a forwarding agent, where he was responsible for coffee logistics. He has now been with List + Beisler for almost seven years and deals primarily with trade between the source countries and the USA. Additionally, he monitors the decaffeination process for our decaf grades and ensures that these arrive at the agreed location promptly and in to their high quality standards. Alongside this, Manual dazzles the staff with his lexical expertise and, as office DJ, takes care of the musical well-being of all his colleagues. It's also worth knowing that Manuel never puts up with poor-quality coffee: even taking his own coffee with him when visiting friends.

Logistics

Anabela Morais

It is hard not to take Anabela as a true example of Hanseatic spirit. Having worked all her life in the heart of the historic harbor, the Speicherstadt with its red brick warehouses, she knows her ways around. Initially, Anabela actually started out in the tea trade, handling primarily the logistics on the purchasing part.

She has been with List + Beisler for several years now and become quite an expert in all our logistics processes. She is part of the team responsible for our transit business and handling some of our US operations. As Anabela has Portuguese roots, her language skills also come in handy when importing from Brazil.

Her roots may also have passed along her love for the sea and the sun. Every time she has then chance, Anabela and her family head to the next cloudless beach. You may not be surprised that such a sun-lover also carries the sun in her heart. Anabela is a helpful, cheerful and very positive colleague that really lights up the room. A cup of coffee lets the sun shine even brighter which is why we treat her with the first cup every morning.

Logistics

Dennis Köhler

Dennis is a veteran of List + Beisler, having completed his training as a wholesale and export merchant with the company. As an experienced sensory analyst, Dennis catches even the most delicate of nuances and can assign each coffee to the most remote of cultivation areas with his eyes closed. Dennis knows how every coffee should taste – a priceless skill, which he used often in his 17 years as a cupper and manager of the sampling facilities at List + Beisler. Eventually it was time for a new challenge within logistics. Today Dennis primarily coordinates imports of green coffee into Hamburg, releases the goods for storage and is the first point of contact for our European customers, who value him not only for his logistic foresight, but also for his excellent knowledge. In his spare time, Dennis juggles his love for sports with a bit of work here and there. Currently, he is driving SC Eilbek to greatness as co-trainer of the men's football team.

Logistics

Stefanie Schmidt

Steffi's roots are Hanseatic through and through. As a born-and-bred northern German she dedicated herself to the fascinating world of seafaring straight after school. She began her training as a shipping clerk working in various positions such as customer service and sales for a very traditional Hamburg-based shipping company. After over 15 years in seafaring, Steffi is now responsible for the extended supply chain at List + Beisler. She ensures coffee leaves its point of origin on time and passes through customs before being warehoused in Hamburg. The last mile is also in Steffi's hands as she makes sure coffee reaches our customers on time.

Coffee also plays a major role for Steffi whenever she is not in the office. Whether as a little energizer on a cycling trip, or a Flat White, reminiscing about good times in Australia – Steffi's eyes light up when the smell of freshly brewed coffee wafts through the office.

IT

Wolf Breitsprecher

For Wolf, every morning needs to start with a coffee. We suspect that it was also the coffee that finally convinced him to join our team altogether in 2021 after already having worked together since 2016. Before joining List + Beisler, Wolf worked in consulting for 12 years, spent 3 years in administration and IT organization at a financial services provider, and took a two-year detour into the advertising industry. As a specialist in the processing of commodity trades, Wolf manages our IT. He mainly ensures that our systems "talk" to each other and organizes our processes, but he is also happy to help his colleagues when the headset doesn't work, but is also happy to help his colleagues whenever the headset does not want to work. Born in Hamburg, he grew up in the south of Schleswig-Holstein. He likes to spend his free time as a soccer goalkeeper, hiking or camping. That's also where he discovered his love for the French Press, long before he started working in the coffee industry - and it still quenches his thirst for filter coffee in the office today.

Finance + Accounting

Axel Nordmann

Axel joined List + Beisler in 2018 and is responsible for our accounting. After completing his apprenticeship as a banker in Hamburg back in the days, he initially moved to the Netherlands, France and Frankfurt am Main for several years, working for different trading houses and banks. With his return to the beautiful north of Germany, Axel sought a new challenge and trained as an accountant. Before taking the leap into the coffee industry, he worked in a trading house for grain in Hamburg. In his free time, Axel loves to do Tai Chi, Qigong and Yoga. He is also (shhh) our tea expert. Once you have shared this secret passion with him, Axel kindly provides his colleagues with a cup of Sencha, Darjeeling or Oolong, ensuring caffeinated variety in our office.

Marketing

Charleen Meyer

Charleen discovered her love for coffee during her studies. While it was mostly meant to keep her awake during her bachelor's degree in cultural studies, her passion for specialty coffee grew during her subsequent master's degree in Amsterdam. She then combined work and pleasure and wrote her thesis on sustainability communication in the coffee industry. Before joining our team in April 2021, Charleen worked as a barista, where she learned more about the industry. At List + Beisler, she takes care of our marketing, creates and maintains content for the online shop and handles our communication channels. Her favorite part is telling the stories of each of our coffees, especially our project and women's coffees. Charleen prefers to drink her coffee as a flat white or cappuccino but is also always happy to receive a delicious cup of tea from her colleague Axel. After work, she likes to swap her coffee for a glass of wine while exploring the culinary offers of her chosen home Hamburg.