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Leadership
Who We Are
Dominic Mensah
Co-Founder and CEO
Founder & CEO
Dominic, an MBA candidate at Harvard Business School, holds a double major degree in Mathematics and Economics from Pomona College. Passionate about solving complex problems, Dominic spent 3 years at EY-Parthenon’s New York office executing commercial due diligence on acquisitions for technology-focused private equity firms. He was a lead in the EY’s Food Systems Reimagined and helped author the 2023 EY Food and Agriculture Navigator.
Dominic’s journey embodies a powerful blend of expertise, compassion, and impact-driven innovation. Raised by parents who were farmers in a community that lacked access to decent jobs, food, portable water, and education, Dominic experienced firsthand the challenges of living in poverty. Driven by a goal to create opportunities he lacked growing up, he founded Dombelfarms as a passion project in college to provide technical education, operations management and financing to farmers in his village.
Christabel Osei-Du
Co-Founder, Head of Product and Talent Strategy
Tech Lead
Christabel, a multifaceted professional with degrees in Nursing, Biology, and Chemistry, discovered her love for cooking, food and nutrition at 12 years old while helping her mother operate a restaurant. Christabel envisions reimaging healthy food products and creating value-added food products that customers love. She believes that journey begins with empowering the smallholder farmers who grow ~70% of the food we eat.
Ellis Lamptey
Board Member, Animal Feed Specialist
Office Manager
Ellis Lamptey, with a master's degree in Agronomy specializing in animal health, brings nearly 25 years of experience from Corteva, a multinational agriscience company. As a board member, Ellis was inspired by Dombelfarms' vision and is leading our AbusuaPa program.
Lydia Mensah
Executive Director
Product Manager
Lydia Mensah has more than 50 years of experience as a farmer. Growing up, Lydia had no access to education and yet surmounted all the challenges and toils of labor-intensive farming to become one of the best farmers in her village. Lydia wants to leverage her wealth of knowledge and expertise to empower women in agriculture.
Philemon Armah
COO
Product Manager
Philemon Armah graduated with a BSc in Mathematics from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. During his national service at Lamplighter College of Education, he also pursued his passion for farming by engaging in pig farming. Subsequently, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Photizo Inc., where he played a key role in raising more than $700K in venture capital. Alongside his work at Photizo, he also ventured into fish farming. Philemon's dedication to farming and his commitment to empowering the underprivileged through agriculture closely match the objectives of Dombelfarms, which is why he decided to join the organization.