A dedicated team that’s passionate about effective giving

Core team

  • Sjir Hoeijmakers

    Sjir Hoeijmakers

    CEO

    Sjir is the CEO of Giving What We Can. He has a background in impact evaluation, policy advocacy and mathematical economics.

  • Lorenzo Buonanno

    Lorenzo Buonanno

    Software engineer

    Lorenzo supports the product development and maintenance of technical infrastructure at Giving What We Can.

  • Niamh Lindberg Stevens

    Niamh Lindberg Stevens

    Partnerships Associate

    Niamh is a Partnerships Associate at Giving What We Can, working to inspire more students to take a giving pledge and support those who already have by building partnerships with university groups and other student-focused organisations.

  • Max Klijnstra

    Max Klijnstra

    Chief Growth Officer

    Max is the Chief Growth Officer at Giving What We Can, where he leads the cross-team effort of growing Giving What We Can's impact and its community of🔸10% Pledgers.

  • James Steijger

    James Steijger

    Chief Operations Officer

    James is the Chief Operations Officer at Giving What We Can, where he leads finance, compliance, people, grantmaking, and operations across the GWWC entities.

  • James Rayton

    James Rayton

    Director of Community and Partnerships

    James is the Director of Community and Partnerships at Giving What We Can; helping to support and grow our network of givers. His background is in international development in East Africa.

  • Daniel Wirtz

    Daniel Wirtz

    Senior Growth Specialist

    Daniel is a Senior Growth Specialist at Giving What We Can, where he helps connect more people with the value of the 10% pledge and effective giving by working cross-functionally on the entire digital product and marketing experience.

  • Lucas Moore

    Lucas Moore

    Senior Partnerships Manager

    Lucas develops and manages partnerships with organisations that share GWWC’s vision of a world in which giving effectively and significantly is a cultural norm.

  • Felicia Broddén

    Felicia Broddén

    Operations Associate

    Felicia is an Operations Associate at Giving What We Can, where she designs hiring processes, builds internal systems, and supports cross-team execution.

  • Patrick Allen

    Patrick Allen

    Finance Associate

    Patrick is a Finance Associate at Giving What We Can.

  • Aidan Whitfield

    Aidan Whitfield

    Researcher

    Aidan is a researcher at Giving What We Can, helping to identify the highest-impact opportunities for donors. He has a background in public health and health research.

  • Casey Yates

    Casey Yates

    Operations Associate

    Casey is an Operations Associate at Giving What We Can where she works to help ensure smooth operations across the organisation.

  • Amalie Farestvedt

    Amalie Farestvedt

    Community Engagement Coordinator

    Amalie is a Community Engagement Coordinator at Giving What We Can, supporting and growing our community of pledgers through conference outreach.

  • Bénédicte Gaucher

    Bénédicte Gaucher

    Partnerships Specialist

    Benedicte is a Partnerships Specialist at Giving What We Can, where she works with partner organisations to grow the movement of effective giving.

  • Alex von Halasz

    Alex von Halasz

    Community Engagement Coordinator

    Alex is the Community Engagement Coordinator at Giving What We Can, where he grows the community of pledgers through high-touch personal outreach and one-on-one relationships.

  • Zou Xinyi

    Zou Xinyi

    Senior Grants & Operations Manager

    Zou is the Senior Grants & Operations Manager at Giving What We Can, with a background in Philosophy and Education studies.

  • Sarah Baka

    Sarah Baka

    Software engineer

    Sarah is a full-stack software engineer at Giving What We Can, supporting product development and maintaining the technical infrastructure.

  • Justin Portela

    Justin Portela

    Video Specialist

    Justin does all things video at Giving What We Can. He makes short and long form videos for Giving What We Can and its subsidiary channels.

Trustees and board of directors

  • Zuber Nosimohomed

    Zuber Nosimohomed

    Chair & Secretary of GWWC UK; Director of GWWC USA

  • Seth Holoweiko

    Seth Holoweiko

    Chair and Director of GWWC USA

  • Habiba Banu

    Habiba Banu

    Trustee of GWWC UK

  • Matti Wilks

    Matti Wilks

    Trustee of GWWC UK

  • Peter Cockhill

    Peter Cockhill

    Trustee of GWWC UK

  • Ben Cogan

    Ben Cogan

    Treasurer & Director of GWWC USA

  • Jeff Kaufman

    Jeff Kaufman

    Secretary & Director of GWWC USA

  • Nick Fitz

    Nick Fitz

    Director of GWWC USA

  • Andrew Sutton

    Andrew Sutton

    Treasurer & Trustee of GWWC UK; Growth Advisory Board Member

Founders

  • Toby Ord

    Toby Ord

    Co-Founder

    Toby co-founded Giving What We Can and the wider effective altruism movement. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. His current research is on the long-term future of humanity, and the risks which threaten to drastically limit our potential.

  • William MacAskill

    William MacAskill

    Co-Founder

    Philosopher Will MacAskill is a co-founder of the effective altruism movement, Giving What We Can, 80,000 Hours, and the Centre for Effective Altruism, and the author of Doing Good Better, Moral Uncertainty, and What We Owe the Future. He is an Associate Professor in Philosophy and Research Fellow at the Global Priorities Institute, University of Oxford.

Our entities

Giving What We Can is an international, multi-entity organisation. You can view details for each of our entities below.

GWWC USA Inc

Giving What We Can USA Inc. (GWWC USA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a funding partner of Giving What We Can in the USA.

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GWWC UK

Giving What We Can UK (GWWC UK), a charity registered in England and Wales, is a funding partner of Giving What We Can in the UK.

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GWWC Canada

Giving What We Can Canada (GWWC Canada), a Canadian nonprofit, is an entity in Canada that is currently not operational but may function as a funding partner of Giving What We Can in the future.

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