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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Finance Associate
Patrick is a Finance Associate at Giving What We Can.

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

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.

Zuber Nosimohomed
Chair & Secretary of GWWC UK; Director of GWWC USA

Seth Holoweiko
Chair and Director of GWWC USA

Habiba Banu
Trustee of GWWC UK

Matti Wilks
Trustee of GWWC UK

Peter Cockhill
Trustee of GWWC UK

Ben Cogan
Treasurer & Director of GWWC USA

Jeff Kaufman
Secretary & Director of GWWC USA

Nick Fitz
Director of GWWC USA

Andrew Sutton
Treasurer & Trustee of GWWC UK; Growth Advisory Board Member

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