About us
Securing humanity’s AI future
Inspire
We’re here to spark and amplify a global conversation about the economic impact of transformative AI — ensuring widespread understanding of possible futures and the immediate need for action.
Unite
We’re bringing together diverse stakeholders — including tech labs, economists, policymakers and international organisations — to build global commitment to a future where no one is left behind.
Build
Together, we will conduct research and design fair, transparent global frameworks that ensure the immense wealth generated by transformative AI is fairly distributed.
Our values
Shared prosperity
We are dedicated to creating a world where the economic windfall generated by transformative AI is shared equitably. Our work is guided by the principle that global wealth redistribution is essential for a fair and sustainable future.
Inclusive advancement
We’re committed to ensuring that technological progress uplifts humanity. By prioritizing ethical innovation, we strive to complement human potential, address systemic inequalities, and build resilience for all.
Global perspective
We recognise that the economic consequences of transformative AI will be felt across the globe. We’re working to ensure that low- and middle-income nations have a voice in AI governance and access to its economic benefits.
Ethical leadership
We take decisive and forward-thinking action, holding ourselves accountable to the highest standards of integrity. Our work is driven by a commitment to inspire trust and lead with responsibility in a rapidly evolving AI landscape.
Collective action
We believe in the power of bringing people together to achieve transformative change. By building a global coalition of stakeholders, we aim to inspire and mobilize collaboration for shared prosperity.
Our team
Adrian Brown
Adrian is the founder and CEO of Windfall Trust, setting the organisation's strategy and representing it to governments and funders. He spent two decades at the intersection of government and technology, including as a UK civil servant, a McKinsey consultant, and founding Executive Director of the Centre for Public Impact.
Mei Fong
Mei is Windfall's Chief Narrative Officer, leading the organisation's public narrative, media relationships, and storytelling strategy. She is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist (Wall Street Journal) as well as former Chief Communications Officer at Human Rights Watch, with two decades building institutional voices through major transitions.
Deric Cheng
Deric is Director of Research at Windfall Trust, leading work on AI's fiscal and labour-market consequences and architect of the AGI Social Contract program. He is a Princeton-trained researcher, formerly AI Governance Lead at Convergence Analysis, with previous experience at Google X and early stage at Alchemy (now valued at $10 billion).
Danny Buerkli
Danny is Director of Product and Partnerships at Windfall, where he leads the organisation’s product and advisory offering and develops strategic partnerships. He previously founded and led staatslabor, a state-capacity consultancy, and was a founding Director at the Centre for Public Impact. He is a former BCG consultant and Fulbright Scholar at Stanford.
Yolanda Lannquist
Yolanda leads Global Governance at Windfall, building the organisation's relationships with governments and multilateral institutions. She previously shaped national AI strategies across four African governments with GIZ and served as a Director at The Future Society, after training in AI governance and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School.
Ana Saldarriaga
Ana leads Windfall's scenarios portfolio, designing and running the workshops that bring policymakers and economists together. She is an Engineer with an MPA in Science, Engineering and Public Policy from UCL, with experience in strategy, operations and high-level convening at the World Economic Forum.
Affiliates
Sumaya Nur Adan
Sumaya supports Windfall's Global Case Studies workstream, focused on benefit-sharing in AI and inclusive participation in global AI governance. She previously served as an AI Risk Analyst at the UK Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, and contributed to the African Commission's first study on AI and human rights, while pursuing a DPhil in Computer Science at Oxford.
Brandon Jackson
Brandon supports Windfall's Scenarios workstream and Global Dialogues surveys, exploring how transformative AI can raise living standards and strengthen the social contract. He is a founding member of the Public AI Network, with training in the history of technology at Cambridge and more than a decade of mission-driven startup experience.
Frank Ryan
Frank is a Senior Policy Analyst at Windfall, drawing on his background as a data scientist turned AI policy strategist. He has advised governments and international bodies including the UN, OECD, and U.S. Government, most recently developing Togo's national AI strategy with GIZ, and previously researched at MIT's Work of the Future Taskforce.
Jacob Schaal
Jacob co-writes Windfall's AI Economics Brief, drawing on his work as an LSE-trained economist researching AI's labour-market impacts. He serves as Research Manager at ERA Cambridge and has contributed to EU AI Act implementation work at Pour Demain, with commentary published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Raphael Gregorian
Raphael supports Windfall's work on welfare resilience in the AI transition, bringing deep expertise in economic modelling and policy design. He is a senior economist who has advised the UK government at senior levels and contributed to OECD work on regional and technological transitions.
Marietta Angeli
Marietta focuses on how governments can build preparedness for transformative AI at Windfall, specialising in regulatory frameworks and international coordination. She is a policy economist with over a decade of experience across UK government, academia, and the UN, and holds a PhD in international economic policy as a Cambridge Policy Fellow.
Advisors
Anton Korinek
Anton Korinek is a Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia and Faculty Director of the Economics of Transformative AI (EconTAI) Initiative, and was named to TIME's 2025 TIME100 AI list. He advises Windfall on economic scenario design and serves on Anthropic's Economic Advisory Council.
Erik Brynjolfsson
Erik Brynjolfsson is a Stanford Professor, Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, where he leads research on how transformative AI reshapes the economy. He advises Windfall on scenario design and economic modelling.
Ajay Agrawal
Ajay Agrawal holds the Geoffrey Taber Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, researching the economics of artificial intelligence. He founded the Creative Destruction Lab and advises Windfall on innovation economics and entrepreneurship policy.
Daniel Susskind
Daniel Susskind is a writer and economist exploring the impact of AI on work and society, and the Mercers' School Memorial Professor of Business at Gresham College. He is a member of the UK Government's Expert Panel on AI and the Future of Work, and advises Windfall on labour-market and communication strategy.
Natalie Foster
Natalie Foster is President and co-founder of the Economic Security Project and author of The Guarantee: Inside the Fight For America's Next Economy. She advises Windfall on redistribution policy and serves as a Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative.
Katya Klinova
Katya Klinova is Head of AI for Humanitarian and Development Action at the UN Secretary-General's Innovation Lab and founder of the Partnership on AI's AI and Shared Prosperity Initiative, focused on building infrastructure for beneficial AI that markets fail to deliver on their own. She advises Windfall on shared-prosperity frameworks and global AI governance.