Alexander Wankel

Biography

Alexander Wankel grew up as a Peruvian-American in the US and has spent 6 years working in social entrepreneurship, primarily by building ethical supply chains for smallholder farmers and artisans in the rural Andes. As founder of Kai Pacha Foods he launched the first plant milk made with native quinoa and tarwi- two climate smart miracle crops scalably produced by smallholder farmers using regenerative agriculture practices. KPF answers surging consumer demand for plant milks that are protein rich, good-tasting, ethically sourced, and environmentally sustainable. Prior to this Alex worked supporting alpaca and textile SMEs, exported handmade jewellery, and helped coordinate a quinoa biodiversity conservation program where he developed an extensive knowledge of underutilized Peruvian foods that are some of the healthiest and most environmentally friendly in the world. Alexander holds a degree in Anthropology from Brown University and is currently an MBA candidate at the University of Oxford. He is also remotely managing the expansion of Kai Pacha Foods in Peru.