Our Team
Shrimp Welfare Project is an organization of people who believe that shrimp welfare is critical to sustainability to enable thriving businesses, a healthy society and a sustainable environment.
We also believe that shrimps are capable of suffering and deserve our moral consideration.
In 2021, SWP was launched by Charity Entrepreneurship, a charity incubator that provided our seed funding. Over the next few years, we're building a small and dedicated team to work on:
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The Demand side: Reaching out to relevant stakeholders along the supply chain to improve welfare standards for shrimps
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The Supply Side: Working with farmers to achieve these higher welfare standards
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Outreach: Increasing the awareness of shrimp welfare as a cause area, assisting in research where possible
In doing so, we aim to improve the lives of billions of shrimps.
Meet our team below:
Staff
Chief Executive Officer
Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla
Over 15 years of experience in Investment Banking and Private Equity working for Morgan Stanley and Aermont Capital. Started his own real estate investment business in 2018. Responsible for €2bn+ of investments in Spain and Portugal. Incubatee in the 2021 Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Programme.
Chief Impact Officer
Aaron Boddy
PhD in Artificial Intelligence from LJMU. 4 years of experience as a Business Analyst in the NHS. Collaborated with the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute on a survey of AGI Projects. Founded the startup Meeple Market in 2018. Incubatee in the 2021 Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Programme.
Vietnam Program Coordinator
Lien-Huong Trinh
MA in Human Rights from Central European University. 8 years of experience with international non-profits and research institutes in Singapore, Hungary and Vietnam. Passionate about animal welfare, social justice, and arts.
India Program Coordinator
Sri Rang Kavali
Previously a program coordinator at the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO). Has a background in advertising and has worked as a creative strategist for various trade shows and some Indian corporations. Sri Rang aims to minimize the suffering of animals as much as possible.
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Researcher
Lucas Lewit-Mendes
Economics Honours graduate from the University of Melbourne. Interned for six months as an economist at the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance, and begins a graduate role there in 2022. Spent one year volunteering at charity analysis organisation SoGive, which advises donors based on the principles of Effective Altruism.
Executive Assistant
Léa Guttmann
Was a professional actress and singer from 2018 to 2020. Started volunteering with various organisations related to animal welfare and effective altruism in 2019. Switched careers in 2021 to work as a Campaign Officer for World Day for the End of Speciesism and World Day for the End of Fishing. Joined the Shrimp Welfare Project team in May 2022.
Volunteers
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Consumer Research
Lauren Aris Richardson
Psychology Honors undergraduate and President of Effective Altruism at UC Berkeley. Aris uses her experience with human data collection to support the SWP. With a background in community building, she is currently running a college-aged ELK contest known as the AIMS contest.
Advisors
Dr Manoj Sharma
Dr Manoj Sharma is a pioneer shrimp farming professional with more than 26 years of experience in sustainable shrimp farming practices. Dr Sharma advocates for lower stocking density shrimp farming and his publication “Farming Vannamei the Tiger way” attracted many farmers nationally and internationally. He is regularly invited to various international conferences to deliver talks regarding his shrimp farming techniques.
Daniela R. Waldhorn
Daniela R. Waldhorn is a Senior Research Manager at Rethink Priorities, where she researches farmed invertebrate welfare issues. She's also a Ph.D. researcher at the Department of Social Psychology at the University of Barcelona, a member of the Centre for Animal Ethics, and an Associate Professor at Pompeu Fabra University. Daniela worked previously in research and management for organizations like Animal Ethics, Animal Equality, and Sinergia Animal.
Douglas Waley
Douglas Waley is the Fish Welfare Programme Leader at Eurogroup for Animals. He leads political advocacy work at the EU level on the welfare of farmed and wild fish and aquatic invertebrates, and supports a working group of member animal advocacy organisations in their own projects and in collaborating together.
Pauline Vaskou
Pauline believes that behaviour change is key to solving environmental problems and that business should be a force for good. She manages multi million conservation and climate grants in her current role as a Senior Environment Advocacy Manager at Bloomberg Philanthropies. Prior to joining the Foundation, Pauline led the responsible sourcing strategy for some of the products with the highest human rights and environmental risks at Tesco PLC, securing leadership buy-in for industry leading commitments.
Yip Fai Tse
Tse Yip Fai holds a degree in Chemistry from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and one in Banking and Finance from the University of London. He is a 2021 Foresight Fellow in Animal Ethics For Artificial Intelligence. He was previously the China Strategy Consultant for Mercy For Animals, responsible for research and strategy for their expansion plans in China and Asia. Currently the Research Assistant for Prof. Peter Singer at Princeton University, Fai is researching the impact and ethics of artificial intelligence on nonhuman animals.
Karolina Sarek
Karolina is co-founder and Director of Programs at Charity Entrepreneurship. Karolina also serves as a Fund Manager at Effective Altruism Animal Welfare Fund and a board member and advisor for various EA nonprofits and think tanks, such as Fish Welfare Initiative, WANBAM, and Legal Priorities Project. Before that, she co-founded an organization to improve the impact of nonprofits and social enterprises; worked on measurement and evaluation; and was a researcher for IBM and the Jagiellonian University, where at the age of 22 she became a teaching fellow.
Partners
Member of
Aquatic Animal Alliance
Created by the Aquatic Life Institute, the Aquatic Animal Alliance is a coalition of advocacy organizations who believe aquatic animals should have lives free of suffering.
We want to set welfare standards for aquatic animals as high as possible and we believe the best way to achieve this goal is as a coalition. We are a coalition of the largest animal welfare organizations and are proud to say that together, we have created the first and most comprehensive guide on what welfare means for aquatic animals.
Member of
Eurogroup for Animals
As the pan-European animal advocacy organisation, the primary focus of Eurogroup for Animals is to improve the well-being of as many animals as possible and defend animals’ interests. We do this by achieving better legislation, standards, enforcement and societal attitudes, through a united community of animal protection organisations and via lawful means.
We challenge decision-makers to bring about positive change, and deliver coordinated advocacy and campaigns at EU level.
Incubated by
Charity Entrepreneurship
Charity Entrepreneurship is a research and training program aimed at creating multiple high-impact charities annually with different focus areas each year. Our mission is to get more effective charities to exist in the world. Although there are many capable organizations out there, there are also still large areas where more effective charities could benefit the world. Our goal is to connect talented individuals with high-impact charity opportunities, and the means to fulfill them.
Partner Organisation
Fish Welfare Initiative
Fish Welfare Initiative works with farmers, corporations, and government agencies to improve the welfare of fish as much as possible.
Fish Welfare Initiative aims to reduce the suffering of billions of fish through researching and executing targeted, highly-scalable welfare interventions.
Partnered with
The Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO)
FIAPO is an Animal Charity Evaluator's (ACE) standout charity primarily dedicated to reducing the suffering of farmed animals in India. Their work focuses on improving animal welfare standards, strengthening the animal advocacy movement, increasing the availability of animal-free products, influencing legislation change, and providing direct help and veterinary care to animals. SWP and FIAPO partnered with each other to survey shrimp farmers in Andhra Pradesh in December 2021.
Supported by
Animal Charity Evaluators
ACE is dedicated to finding and promoting the most effective ways to help animals. They work toward this mission by evaluating and recommending charities, awarding grants to promising projects, and driving capital.
We were awarded an ACE Movement Grant for our work in India and Vietnam.
Effective Altruism Funds
Effective Altruism (EA) Funds is a platform where you can donate to expert-led philanthropic ‘funds’ to maximise the effectiveness of your charitable donations.
We have been awarded funds from the Animal Welfare Fund for our work in India and Vietnam.
Charity Entrepreneurship
Charity Entrepreneurship is a research and training program aimed at creating multiple high-impact charities annually with different focus areas each year.
We were incubated by Charity Entrepreneurship and they provided our initial seed funding.
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People Like You
Shrimp Welfare Project aims to improve the lives of billions of farmed shrimps in India and Southeast Asia.
We rely on donations from people like you to achieve that impact.