The Giving What We Can Team

Meet our staff

Sjir Hoeijmakers

Sjir Hoeijmakers

Interim CEO

Sjir is the interim CEO at Giving What We Can. He has a background in impact evaluation and mathematical economics.

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Grace Adams

Grace Adams

Head of Marketing

Grace Adams works on marketing for Giving What We Can. She has worked across marketing and product roles both in consulting and industry.

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Fabio Kuhn

Fabio Kuhn

Software Engineer

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

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Sarah Baka

Sarah Baka

Technical Product Manager

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

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Zou Xinyi

Zou Xinyi

Operations Manager

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

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Lorenzo Buonanno

Lorenzo Buonanno

Software engineer

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

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Lucas Moore

Lucas Moore

Effective Giving Global Coordinator and Incubator

Lucas supports the global effective giving community and helps with the development of new effective giving initiatives.

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Alana Horowitz Friedman

Alana Horowitz Friedman

Research Communicator

Alana is a Research Communicator at Giving What We Can. She is passionate about increasing the reach of core effective giving concepts.

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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.

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James Rayton

James Rayton

Head of Community and Partnerships

James is the Head 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.

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Our trustees and board of directors

Zuber Nosimohomed

Zuber Nosimohomed

Chair & Secretary of GWWC UK; Director of GWWC USA

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Seth Holoweiko

Seth Holoweiko

Director of GWWC USA

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Habiba Banu

Habiba Banu

Trustee of GWWC UK

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Matti Wilks

Matti Wilks

Trustee of GWWC UK

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Kale Ridsdale

Kale Ridsdale

Director of GWWC Canada

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Chris Goward

Chris Goward

Director of GWWC Canada

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David Kozak

David Kozak

Director of GWWC Canada

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Jonathan Courtney

Jonathan Courtney

Treasurer & Director of GWWC Canada

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Daniel Frank

Daniel Frank

Secretary & Director of GWWC Canada

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Peter Cockhill

Peter Cockhill

Trustee of GWWC UK

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Ben Cogan

Ben Cogan

Treasurer & Director of GWWC USA

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Jeff Kaufman

Jeff Kaufman

Secretary & Director of GWWC USA

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Nick Fitz

Nick Fitz

Director of GWWC USA

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Andrew Sutton

Andrew Sutton

Treasurer & Trustee of GWWC UK; Growth Advisory Board Member

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Our Growth Advisory Board

Emma Cameron

Emma Cameron

Growth Advisory Board Member

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Josh Kim

Josh Kim

Growth Advisory Board Member

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Alex Savard

Alex Savard

Country Manager USA, Design Director

Alex is responsible for US operations, fundraising, and all things design for Giving What We Can.

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Yanni Kyriacos

Yanni Kyriacos

Growth Advisory Board Member

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Andrew Sutton

Andrew Sutton

Treasurer & Trustee of GWWC UK; Growth Advisory Board Member

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Chris Saul

Chris Saul

Growth Advisory Board Member

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Shana Smeets

Shana Smeets

Growth Advisory Board Member

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Our founders

Toby Ord

Toby Ord

Co-Founder of GWWC

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.

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William MacAskill

William MacAskill

Co-Founder of GWWC

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.

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Join our team

Want to be part of our team? Visit our Careers page to see our current job openings and apply today.

Or become a volunteer

If you are interested in volunteering for Giving What We Can, we welcome you to apply to volunteer.