About us

Cafe Sarralde is the product of three generations of the Sarralde Delgado family, who have kept and conserved our ancestral farm with a focus on the protection of biodiversity in the district of La Caldera, which is part of the Municipality of Pasto, Department of Nariño in Colombia.

The Sarralde Delgado family comes originally from the municipality of Pasto in south-western Colombia. Our family was initially dedicated to wood work and parquet through its wood factory, and also to construction and real state. However, since a few years ago, the family entered the world of specialty coffee with the brand “Café Sarralde”, which is a representative of our ancestral efforts to promote a Buen Vivir. Most importantly, our goal is to support better human-nature relations amongst the farmers of south-western Colombia. The promotion of genetic biodiversity, and establishment of natural reserves within the coffee farms is our signature requirement, and a sign of harmonic human-nature relations. Consequently, our coffee is grown in a farm that is currently in agroecological transition that is committed with the promotion of agrobiodiversity.

Café Sarralde is an established brand under the registered company SD INNOVACION SAS. Below, you will see a list of our members:

CEO and Managing Director: Mario Fernando Sarralde Delgado

Our CEO, Mario, is a business administrator with a specialization in logistics with over 40 years of experience. He has been responsible for taking the name of our family towards new frontiers in the world of specialty coffee that value the importance of agrobiodiversity in the territory of Nariño and Colombia.

Vice-President and Director of Operations: Ana Lucía Sarralde Delgado

Our Vice-President, Ana is a dentist with a Master’s in public administration, and was a professor at the Pontifical Javeriana University for nearly 30 years. Upon her retirement, she became a neo-farmer and assumed her leadership role with a focus on effectiveness of the value chain and standardization of our processes.

Marketing and Design Director: Andrés Sarralde Delgado

Andres undertook a formation in graphic design and was the head of the design department at the enterprise “Maderas y Parquet Sarralde” for over three decades. He is currently leading our department with a focus on a creative approach aimed towards displaying the versatility and sustainability commitment of our brand.

International Business Director: Augusto Sarralde Delgado

Augusto is a physician with a Ph.D. in genetics that is currently based in Guadalajara, México with this family. He is the International Business Director of Café Sarralde, leading the operations for the North American region. In addition, he also helps with the coordination of strategy and logistics of our European headquarters.

HR Director: María Isabel Sarralde Delgado

Maria Isabel is our HR director, fully committed to promote a humanist approach in our company that promotes a Buen Vivir in the practice. She also has the role of liaising with the Operations Department in order to secure new partnerships and alliances.

European export Operations and Financial Coordinator: David Caicedo Sarralde

David is an economist and political scientist, and our Export operations coordinator for the European Headquarters. He is from Bogota and is now currently pursuing his Ph.D in sustainability transformations at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Since 2018, he has been working and undertaking research with coffee smallholders and their link with the ancestral philosophy of “Buen Vivir” with a focus on ancestral knowledges and traditional and native seeds.

Bogotá Operations Coordinator: Nicolás Caicedo Sarralde

Nicolás is the head of our Bogota branch. He is a bogotano, who studied Industrial Engineering and Ecology at the Pontifical Javeriana University. During his bachelor’s studies he was the leader of a social and environmentally sustainable project at the Barrio Guatiquía, located in the south-eastern part of Bogotá. The project was designed to support an urban farming initiative with technical knowledge sharing and commercialization of their produce. Additionally, Nicolás has been supporting several network of coffee smallholders with the commercialization of their coffee since 2018, so he has been applying such knowledges for our company since then.

Specialty coffee and sustainability advisor: Servio Alberto Caicedo Córdoba

Servio is a psychologist with a Ph.D. in humanities and retired professor who is an expert in environmental conflicts and justice issues, political ecology and ecopsychology. He is currently advising Café Sarralde with strategies to incorporate ecological values in the production of the coffee and promote social justice by finding ways to aide the situation of the smallholders of Nariño.