Meet the Veganuary Team!

Jane Land is the Co-Founder of Veganuary. A former English teacher turned animal campaigner, she was horrified to witness the treatment of animals on factory farms and in slaughterhouses. Together with her Co-Founder Matthew, they launched the Veganuary campaign in 2014 to inspire and support people to try vegan for the month of January. Today Jane continues to guide the charity along with a team of very talented and dedicated trustees.

Matthew Glover is the Co-Founder of Veganuary. After 17 years of working in the window and door industry, his priorities and focus changed when he became vegan in 2011. With a drive to reduce animal suffering, Matthew used his business and marketing skills to launch the Veganuary campaign in 2014 with his Co-Founder Jane. Matthew served as a Board Member and Chair of the charity until 2023. He works as a vegan entrepreneur and continues to spread the vegan message globally. He remains an advisor to the charity and we are very grateful for his continued support.

Ruth is a Chartered Accountant, specialising in the charity sector. She went vegan in 1998, founded Vegan Inclusive Education Ltd, and is a long term supporter of Veganuary.

Nihal Haria-Shah is a Chartered Accountant, and currently the Finance Director of Misfits Health Ltd, a vegan healthy snacking company. Nihal went vegan in 2017, and is a passionate supporter of Veganuary.

Clare Bland is a joyous vegan and proud monthly donor to Veganuary. With 30 years experience of nonprofit fundraising, philanthropic partnership building, strategic planning, and leadership, Clare serves as senior global director of philanthropy with the leading global think-tank advancing alternative proteins.

Jane Thurnell-Read is a former university lecturer, now entrepreneur, philanthropist and inspirational speaker. Jane is longtime Veganuary supporter and became vegan after meeting the Veganuary founders.

Sagar Shah is a professional economist and has worked across the private, public and non-profit sectors on a range of issues including financial regulation and happiness economics. He has supported Veganuary in measuring its impact for animals and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions on dietary change.

Seth Tibbott is the Chairman and Founder of the family-owned Tofurky Company and its parent company, Turtle Island Foods. Seth has been a long-term supporter of the Veganuary campaign and is pleased to be waving the flag for us in the USA.

Claire Pratt became a passionate vegan after participating in Veganuary in 2021. With extensive experience in risk and regulatory management for mission-based organisations and charities, she is passionate about supporting Veganuary to grow safely and effectively.

Sophie Wenzel is the international coordinator of Plant-Based Universities, is a psychology student and a sustainability committee member at the University of Vienna. Together with her sister, she played a key role in helping the University of Graz transition to a fully plant-based cafeteria and supporting the University of Vienna in introducing two vegan-vegetarian ones.

Bart has been leading a global team of engineering program managers at Google for almost 20 years. He has decided now is the time to do something else, and is going back to university to study Economic Policy. Bart has been vegan since around 2017. He is particularly interested in exploring what it takes to make veganism mainstream.