I think I would describe him as generally supportive of global health and wellbeing focused EA / effective giving. As others note above, he’s been aware of the community since roughly around the time it started and in many ways has been ‘practicing’ EA since long before then (e.g. founded IPA in 2002, wrote ‘more than good intentions’). He’s also engaged directly with the community in various ways—e.g. has been on the board of TLYCS for a long time (and advised them on charity selection for a while). He set up ImpactMatters, which evaluated and recommended a much broader range of charities than GiveWell. Overall, I think this is an extremely exciting appointment and I think he’ll do a huge amount of good in the role!
What do we know about his views regarding effective altruism?
I think I would describe him as generally supportive of global health and wellbeing focused EA / effective giving. As others note above, he’s been aware of the community since roughly around the time it started and in many ways has been ‘practicing’ EA since long before then (e.g. founded IPA in 2002, wrote ‘more than good intentions’). He’s also engaged directly with the community in various ways—e.g. has been on the board of TLYCS for a long time (and advised them on charity selection for a while). He set up ImpactMatters, which evaluated and recommended a much broader range of charities than GiveWell. Overall, I think this is an extremely exciting appointment and I think he’ll do a huge amount of good in the role!