Bio

Tom joined Founders Pledge in September 2021 as a Researcher. He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Warwick before interning at Rethink Priorities, where he researched various future issues. In 2024, Tom went on secondment to the UK government as an expert in AI policy. Outside work, he enjoys philosophy chats, maps and cats.

Q&A with Tom

Q: If you could choose anyone famous (real or fictional) to have dinner with who would they be and why?

John von Neumann

Q: As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

At one stage I think I wanted to be a journalist, in the style of Louis Theroux?

Q: If a movie was made of your life what genre would it be, who would play you?

A tragic comedy played by a young David Mitchell, in full Peep Show style.