MayHawk Leadership
Conner Haines
Senior Partner
Conner founded the company in London in 2007. His background in photography and art shaped the creative direction of MayHawk. His goal was to build a British chocolate company focused on simple, natural ingredients and the research of new processes, with design at its forefront. He now leads the Design Studio and Chocolate Lab.
Jak Jones
Partner
Jak leads Production, Retail, and Operations at MayHawk. He joined the company in 2017 with a background in marketing, staff development, and team leadership. His focus lies in sourcing distinctive ingredients and collaborating with skilled people. After becoming a partner, Jak took responsibility for building direct relationships with ethical supply-chain and retail partners internationally.
About MayHawk
In 2007 we set out to create a chocolate company defined by innovative research and design – making chocolate with carefully sourced ingredients, an ethical supply chain, and precise craft.
Nearly two decades on, we remain focused on simplicity, design, natural ingredients, ethical sourcing, environmental responsibility, and a lasting respect for how our products are made.
Our chocolate
At MayHawk, we recognise the place chocolate holds in people’s lives — sometimes a thoughtful gift, at other times a simple moment of enjoyment. We make our chocolate with this understanding, paying attention to the small details that shape these experiences. Whether it is shared or kept, our work aims to offer something genuinely unique and quietly personal.
Two Creative Departments
Our company takes a fully integrated approach to making chocolate. MayHawk has operated from the outset with two core creative arms: the Chocolate Lab and the Design Studio.
Using natural ingredients and recyclable materials the Lab and the Studio work closely to develop new methods and processes that shape the products we create.
The Chocolate Lab
The Chocolate Lab is where natural ingredients are studied and where we experiment with new and traditional processes. Research work that proves successful here moves into production.
The Lab is also where we explore new ingredient pairings, revisit established ones, and develop flavour profiles through careful trial and observation.
Much of our time is spent researching traditional techniques and testing new processes and methods… at the same time recognising that new ideas do not always result in better outcomes.
The Lab also grows ingredients to use in our chocolate, such as organically grown fresh mint and chilli peppers, in a greenhouse at our production facility.
The Design Studio
The Design Studio is there to give form to the ideas we have at MayHawk, and it importantly shapes and minimises our environmental impact through a considered design language.
It defines the materials we use, the packaging standards, the moulds, the typography, and the artwork.
The Studio also manages practical details. Every webpage, photograph, image, illustration, packaging die-cut and film is produced in-house with consistent care and attention.
Design for us is about simplicity, functionality and beauty. Materials are chosen responsibly for recyclability and closed-loop production – and every material element is made to serve its purpose without overcomplicating the design.