About ASEAN Coffee Institute
ASEAN Coffee Institute (ACI) is the official coffee training and education body formed by the ASEAN Coffee Federation (ACF). Established in 2021 with its headquarters in Singapore, the institute's objectives are to: establish coffee quality and standards for the ASEAN region reaching out to the world, provide affordable coffee education to all, promote sustainability practices to the coffee farmer, as well as to encourage sustainable sourcing by traders, roasters and cafe owners.
Chairman &
Board of Directors
Mr. Victor Mah
Chairman & President
Mr. Justin Metcalf
Director & Chief Education Officer
Mr. Jeff Miller
Director & Chief Sustainability Officer
Mr. Dave Lim
Technical Director
Dave has served as the Director at Parchmen & Co, Singapore since 2016. He has a Diploma from the Specialty Coffee Association and is a graduate of the Certificate of Advance Studies in Coffee Excellence by Zurich University. Additionally, he was an adjunct lecturer at Singapore Polytechnics teaching Business & Science of Coffee and Business & Science of Tea from 2019 to 2020. He is also a silver medalist (coffee roasting) at the Australia International Coffee Awards 2017. Dave is also the Country Head Trainer (Singapore) for ASEAN Coffee Institute as well as a certified trainer under the Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA), Singapore.