Ethical coffee roaster and equipment supplier Matthew Algie has appointed food service and hospitality equipment veteran Thomas Heinen as managing director to focus on the coffee-to-go market.

Mr Heinen, who has held senior roles at WMF Group (a supplier of premium coffee machines for homes and businesses), ITW Cooking Europe, and MEC2 GmbH, joins Glasgow-headquartered Matthew Algie at a pivotal time for the business, following the integration with German coffee group Tchibo. 

The move brought together the companies’ coffee roasting, equipment supply, and technical service capabilities in the UK under a single, customer-focused operation.

German national Mr Heinen, who is married to a Scot and has moved to Glasgow, says he was particularly attracted to his new UK and ROI group MD role as it fuses his coffee machine and service experience with something new for him — coffee roasting.