Ben Plumley

Ben Plumley is Chief Executive Officer of Pangaea. Ben’s particular expertise is in mobilizing partnerships between public, private, and community sectors, developed over 20 years in the global fight for AIDS.

Ben is a health and development strategist and advocacy, dedicated to the global fight on AIDS. Beginning in the late 1980s he worked on London’s HIV positive community – particularly HIV positive refugees from Eastern Africa. His career has subsequently spanned the private sector, United Nations, and non-governmental organizations.

Ben previously served the UNAIDS Executive Office from 2003 to 2006. In this role he supported the Executive Director, Dr. Peter Piot, managing high-level political and management issues, including the formation of UNAIDS’ policies on HIV Prevention and HIV services for injecting drug users.

In 2001 he founded the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS with Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, growing the organization’s membership from 17 to 170 companies. As well as building a new NGO from scratch, Ben defined and helped companies implement the principles of business action against AIDS: workplace-based prevention and treatment programs, outreach and support to local communities, and policy and advocacy support to national AIDS strategies.

Ben has worked for the UK Government’s Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority, Glaxo Wellcome, and Johnson & Johnson.

Ben was born in the UK and educated at Churchill College and Cambridge University. He was deeply involved in the UK’s emerging response to AIDS, working with a number of London based charities, including as a buddy volunteer for the Terence Higgins Trust.