About Us

Alongside Santosh, James manages Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking on lead exposure. He has deployed more funding toward reducing lead exposure than any other grantmaker to date. He also oversees Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking in other areas of global public health policy, global aid policy, and effective altruism.

Before joining Open Philanthropy, James led GiveWell’s work on public health policy. He holds a BA from the University of Oxford and an MSc from the London School of Economics.

Alongside James, Santosh manages Open Philanthropy’s work on lead exposure. Santosh additionally leads Open Philanthropy’s work to improve air quality in South Asia. 

He previously worked at the Centre for Policy Research, a leading Indian think tank in New Delhi, as well as the India center of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago. He has completed post-doctoral fellowships with J-PAL South Asia and Evidence for Policy Design. He holds a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and a PhD in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.

Emily leads the Global Health and Wellbeing portfolio at Open Philanthropy, which allocates hundreds of millions of dollars per year across nine focus areas. Emily wrote about lead exposure in the context of Open Philanthropy’s approach to cause prioritization in the Journal of Economic Perspectives.

She previously worked at DeepMind, Uber, and TGG Group. She completed her PhD in Economics at Oxford University and has a BSFS in International Political economy from Georgetown.

Chris leads Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking in alcohol policy, conducts research across our Global Health and Wellbeing portfolio, and works to engage new donors with Open Philanthropy’s work.

He previously worked as a strategy consultant at OC&C Strategy Consultants in London and on a freelance basis. He completed his Masters in Global Public Health at Imperial College London and holds bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy and Theology from the University of Oxford and in Economics and Mathematical Sciences from the Open University.