Packaging Wizard : Assuring the security of your honey bottle!
Honey packing assistant : Hive to jar magician!
Hometown : Hubbathalai
Favourite LFE product : Mint Lip Balm
Favourite Honey flavour : Natural sweet honey
A plant/flower I would be : Money plant
A fruit I would be : pomegranate
Favourite staff tour : Kannur
Favourite movie : Vaali
Dayal has been working with Last Forest since 2016. He started off as an Assistant Accountant at Last Forest, but soon found his calling in the marketing side of the team!
“Marketing is a sea, and I am 50% across the sea. Marketing is not a book to close; it is a continuous learning and know more and more things.”
Dayal is a fun person, who loves to makes jokes, and is passionate about field hockey and football. He dreams of starting an organic vegetable farm someday. His favourite thing about working at Last Forest is the loyalty of the staff members.
Hometown : Getticombai
Favourite LFE product : Strawberry Lip Balm
Favourite Honey flavour : Cinnamon honey
A plant/flower I would be : Rose or Lavender
Divya joined the Last Forest team in 2023.
Divya enjoys spending time with her family and loves to bake and eat Butterscotch cakes! She loves snacking.
Her favourite thing about working at Last Forest is the freedom and happy work environment.
A fruit I would be : Jackfruit
Favourite movie : Muthu
Hometown : Mission Compound, Kotagiri
Favourite LFE product : Lavender soap
Favourite Honey flavour : Pepper honey
Favourite staff tour : Goa & Alleppey
A plant/flower I would be : Mallipoo (Jasmine) , as it smells nice!
A fruit I would be : Pineapple
Favourite songs : Any Christian gospel songs
France has been working with Last Forest since 2012! She has been a constant pillar of strength and support to the team, growing with her years of experience.
France loves to cook, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes, while she loves to eat Veg Biryani! She loves to learn and talk.
Her favourite thing about working at Last Forest is the freedom that it offers her.
Hometown : Kotagiri
Favourite LFE product : Pomegranate Lip Balm
Favourite Honey flavour : Sweet honey & Jamun honey
Favourite staff tour : Goa
Gopal has been in the Last Forest team since 2016, in the packaging department.
Gopal is passionate about playing carrom and basketball. He loves working at Last Forest because it gives him freedom!
A plant/flower I would be : Jasmine
A fruit I would be : Jackfruit
Favourite movie : Annaamalai (because Rajnikanth!)
Communications : Media maven!
Hometown : Ramchand, Kotagiri
Favourite LFE product : Vanilla Lip Balm
Favourite Honey flavour : Ginger honey
Favourite staff tour : Alleppey
A plant/flower I would be : Black Rose
Joshua has been working with Last Forest since 2016.
He loves dogs and bikes (the RX100 is his favourite!)
Joshua loves working at Last Forest because he has made so many friends here!
A fruit I would be : Pineapple (because it’s rugged on the outside, but sweet on the inside!)
Favourite movie : Pathu Thala and Vallavan
Hometown : Coonoor
Favourite LFE product : Charcoal soap
Favourite Honey flavour : Pepper honey
Favourite staff tour : Alleppey (since Keystone team joined in as well!)
A plant/flower I would be : Kurinji
Madhu joined the Last Forest team in 2014, initially working in the procurement team, but soon finding his niche in Communications.
He is a passionate fan of the football club Liverpool. His favourite hobby is sleeping.
Madhu loves working at Last Forest because of the work culture and the people he works with!
A fruit I would be : Mango (because I like Mangoes)
Favourite movie : Batman
Hometown : Kolikarai
Favourite LFE product : Sandalwood soap
Favourite Honey flavour : Saffron honey (it’s yummy!)
Favourite staff tour : Pondy (first staff tour) and Mangalore
A plant/flower I would be : Rose (because it smells so good)
Mahendran is a long-time member of the Last Forest team, having joined us in 2012!
He is loves to play volleyball, cricket and carrom.
He loves working at Last Forest because of the freedom he feels here.
A fruit I would be : Strawberry
Favourite movies : Comedy genre, Vadivelu movies
Hometown : Kolikarai
Favourite LFE product : Sandalwood soap and Nilambur clay pottery
Favourite Honey flavour : Nilgiri sweet honey & Ginger honey
Favourite staff tour : Goa, Pondy & Gokarna
A plant/flower I would be : Jasmine (because I love the strong sweet scent of it!)
Mala has been with Last Forest’s honey department all the way since 2006! She hails from the Irula community, and she loves to participate in the community dances.
She loves to sing and dance, to wear pink, and take selfies! Mala loves working at Last Forest and Keystone.
A fruit I would be : Amla and Dates (because they’re very healthy)
Favourite movies : RRR (loved the songs!)
Hometown : Finger post, Ooty
Favourite LFE product : Mint lip balm
Favourite Honey flavour : Saffron honey (it was a pregnancy craving!)
A plant/flower I would be : Kurinji (because it’s a special flower that blooms every 12 years, and it’s purple. I love purple!)
Malathi joined the Last Forest team in 2019.
She loves riding on her scooty, and she has a beautiful “troublemaking” smile!
A fruit I would be : Lychee (because my son Derrik loves them!)
Favourite movie : Sillunu Oru Kaadhal
Honey Master : Innovation and Building is a must!
Hometown : Varanasi
Favourite LFE product : Charcoal soap
Favourite Honey flavour : Jamun
Favourite staff tour : Goa (one long ago which was a combined tour with Keystone)
Mathew founded Last Forest in 1993, and since then has been passionately leading the team through the years.
Mathew loves watching football, F1 and tennis day and night during weekends! He is a fan of Nadal, and Jimmy Connors from the previous generation.
A fruit I would be : Passionfruit, Mango
Favourite movie : Mackenna’s Gold
Hometown : Kotagiri
Favourite LFE product : Beeswax candles
Favourite Honey flavour : Natural forest honey
A flower/plant I would be : A Rose because it’s lovable and sentimental
Miller is from Last Forest’s original founding team, having started working with us since 1st July 1996! He is an integral part of Last Forest, we can’t imagine the brand without him!
A fruit I would be : Pear
Favourite staff tour : Avalanche (it was either the 1st or 2nd staff tour; there was a beautiful river, and we climbed down high cliffs using a rope)
Hometown : Coonoor
Favourite LFE products : Handicrafts – bamboo baskets, handmade diaries, pottery
Favourite Honey flavour : Nilgiri sweet honey
A flower/plant I would be : Rose
Favourite movie : Bahubali and The Lion King
Monica has been with Last Forest since 2009, as a committed member of the team solving and fulfilling all our accounting needs and requirements!
She is very fond of seafood, and loves to spend time playing with dogs and cats in the neighbourhood!
A fruit I would be : Red Apple
Favourite staff tour : Goa trip in 2009, and ones to Gokarna and Pondicherry because of the seafood!
Honey Pillar : An important force in the most important place.
Retail Anchor : Keeping the avenue of retail going strong!
Procurement Specialist : The better, the best!
Hometown : Keezhvaipur, Kerala
Favourite LFE products : Mint Lip Balm
Favourite Honey flavour : I don’t eat honey, but I love the look & colour of them all! (I’m also named after honeybee!)
A flower/plant I would be : Lily
Favourite movie : Yodha (2018)
Teny joined the Last Forest team in 2018 and has been heading the Operations since then.
Teny loves chocolates and can eat them anytime anywhere!
“Working at Last Forest is never about money, it is about passion!”
A fruit I would be : Banganapalli mango
Favourite staff tour : Gokarna
Hometown : Kotagiri
Favourite LFE products : Strawberry Lip Balm
Favourite Honey flavour : Sweet Honey
A flower/plant I would be : A blooming white Rose
Favourite movie : Baashha (because Rajnikanth!)
Victoria has been with Last Forest since 2017 in the packaging department. She is hardworking and believes in the correct processes of completing tasks!
Her favourite past-time is cooking beef!
A fruit I would be : Red Apple
Favourite staff tour : Goa