Rui Mesquita was born in Portugal, with family roots in Angola and Mozambique. He studied management and marketing, and has heavily utilized these skills as the Country Director for a telecommunications business in Mozambique and as he Co-Founded and manages Mozambikes. Rui has extensive experience in business management, importing into Mozambique and distributing through the country, human resources and - rather importantly - bicycles. Rui i

Lauren Thomas is American with an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona. She began her career in investment banking and debt investment in New York, before transitioning into an emerging markets-based career of capital raising for SMEs in rural Africa and advising for an infrastructure development fund in Mozambique. She co-manages Mozambikes, spearheading finance/accounting and fundraising, marketing, volunteer programs, NGO client relati