Our Team

Our team is composed of dedicated professionals who are experts in their respective fields. They work collaboratively to ensure the success of our projects and initiatives. Each member brings a unique set of skills and experiences, contributing to a diverse and dynamic team environment. Together, we strive to achieve excellence and drive impactful results.

Arturs Kanepajs

Chief Executive Office, Founder TRACE Fellow ERA Cambridge

Jonas Kgomo

Executive Director TRACE Founder Equiano

Joseph Castellano

Head of AI Policy TRACE Fellow GovAI Anthropic

Yung-Hsuan Wu

Embedded AI Anthropologist TRACE

Naome Etori

Elicitation Researcher Masakhane

Maria Angelica Martinez

AI Safety & Stats LARS

Israel Abebe

Multimodal Evaluations, PhD Saarland Masakhane

Brian Muhia

AI Alignment TRACE Equiano

Lennart Finke

Persuasion Evals Fellow Pivotal Statistics ETH

Robert Vava

Data Scientist Imperial