Meet the people behind the Pluggin Ecosystem
We all follow a very specific community impact sustainability vision set-out during the global pandemic, which was already grounded in a Pluggin model established in 2014.
Once upon a time in Africa...
Pluggin is a community impact model created in 2014 by our founder Jay Baughan.
Back then, Jay created the way for maximising international business marketing (advertisers) through commercial brand sponsorship of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). This model expanded into Africa and the Middle East using a technology-enabled ecosystem approach working with governmental and international aid agencies.
Pluggin Ecosystem Limited is a social enterprise, meet our directors and shareholders...
Jay Baughan
Chief Executive
Founding director and major shareholder, Jay created the ecosystem and leads on growth and public sector partnerships.
Stan Millership
Executive Director
A founding director and ecosystem shareholder, Stan leads our ecosystem membership support and cyber resilience.
Nathan Dodzo
Executive Director
Nathan is an ecosystem shareholder and is the founder and executive director of our non-profit Pluggin Studios (see below).
Umar Riaz
Technology Development
An ecosystem shareholder, Umar leads our full-stack architecture engineering, shaping performant with PHP, Java, and JavaScript.
Dr. Abide Zenenga
Education Development
An ecosystem shareholder and SEN education entrepreneur, Abide supports our push to for strategic regional SEN collaborations.
Becky Sprenger
Marketing Development
An ecosystem shareholder, Becky leads on brand development and the marketing design and operations for the social enterprise.
One of the THREE elements of the ecosystem is our Pluggin Studios; the brainchild of Nathan Dodzo who, for over 25 years, has successfully built and operated youth-led filmmaking units within colleges and faith centres across the globe.
As executive director of the Pluggin Studios, Nathan leads a team comprised of experienced filmmakers and young community impact storytellers, which is regionally supplemented by students and graduates who are building-out their professional portfolios as freelance film crew members.
As a seasoned university programme leader/senior lecturer in Creative Media and Journalism, Nathan also oversees the Learning & Development support provided to our member charity & social enterprise teams; being helped to capture and produce insightful digital content lifting the lid on their community provisions funded from within our Pluggin Marketplace.
Luke Tapley
Documentary Making
An industry specialist, Luke leads on the production of video documentaries (long & short form).
Enoch Nkatia
Film Ops & Editing
Enoch operates as a specialist member of the Film Unit, with camera operations and final editing activities.
Samuel Allen
Digital Campaigns
Sam supports the studios with media and innovation to craft compelling, insight-driven campaigns.
Nina Baughan
Social Media
Nina joined Pluggin in 2022, and is studying full-time to become a forensic psychologist.
Emily Draper
Social Media
Emily joined in 2024, and is studying filmmaking at college, producing our social media video-shorts.
Membership Team
Since we launched in 2021, Stan Millership has built and led our dedicated membership development and support activities. Today, this is operated through a team who are on hand to help onboard and support our business, charity & social enterprise, public procurement and university members across the 12 UK regions.
The Pluggin Ecosystem Limited is incorporated in England & Wales operating as a social enterprise.
Shareholder funded until January 2025, the enterprise operates a not-for-profit business model; specifically investing 100% of revenues into making the ecosystem financially self-sufficient through commercial autonomy and not beholden to grant funder agendas.