Our Team

Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist with extensive experience in both Charity and NHS sectors. Specialising in palliative care and working with asylum seekers and refugees.

Key organiser of Family Sangha UK and involved with Vietnamese Buddhist Interhelp Sangha, a registered UK charity.

Co-founder of a well-being social enterprise, supporting communities through mindfulness practices.

Former teacher with experience in the UK and USA.

Key organiser of the Heart of London sangha and co-facilitator in the Wake Up Schools programme.

Background in telecommunications and semiconductor industries, managing multinational design teams.

Trustee and Assistant Treasurer for Plum Village UK as well as a councillor in local government.

Former Young People’s Charity & Public Sector CEO, Management Consultant & Musician.

Co-Facilitator of Stroud Sangha and an online UK/Spain Sangha. Half-French.

Over 20 years in start-ups and multinationals with a decade in leadership roles.

Key organiser of the first London Mindfulness Hub in 2018 and 2024 UK Monastic Tour.

Nuzhat Jabinh FRSA is a born and bred Londoner. Her short post grad is in Neuroethics from The University of Oxford.

Retired town planner, member of the property group since 2021.

Practicing with the PV tradition since 2007 when I took my two small children there for a family week – a lift changing experience for all of us.

Formerly worked in diplomacy for the UK government before retraining as a psychotherapist in the NHS.

Co-founded the Wake Up London community in 2010.

Has been living and practising in Plum Village France since June 2021, and working with the community on the development of safeguarding and education within the Sangha.

Facilitator and trainer in the fields of social change, wellbeing, empathic communication and sustainability, currently training as psychotherapeutic counsellor.

Experienced in leading retreats and facilitating groups and communities. Practicing in the Plum Village tradition for a decade and supporting Plum Village UK Sangha since 2020.

Trustee at Mindful Music Charity, promoting mindfulness and wellbeing for children and young people.

Chartered structural engineer turned manager in non-profit sectors including refugee, sustainability, and retreats.

Experienced in running retreats and facilitating intentional communities.

Professional storyteller, singer, and workshop leader.

Accredited teacher in this tradition, dedicated to community-building, running retreats, and establishing a UK practice centre.

Retired following enjoyment of three careers including theatre, senior housing/care home development and management and real estate land investments over a period of fifty years. Practitioner in several spiritual traditions. With Thay since 2000.

30 years working as a dance practitioner, teacher and producer with strategic
experience of working with the Arts Council England & Birmingham City Council.

Practising with the Nourishing Peace Sangha in Stourbridge since 2017.

Freelance artist and composer, with industry experience across corporate, creative and spiritual spaces.

Administrator for local monastery and interfaith retreat facilitator.

Experienced filmmaker, photographer and designer of websites and high-end visual content.

Organiser and co-facilitator within the Wake Up London Sangha.

Active Plum Village practitioner since 2016.

Audio Visual Communication – Editing video content.

Practises with Heart of London Sangha.

Town Planner and accredited NPIERS Examiner; independent planning consultant.

A practitioner in this tradition for 25 years and Trustee of Plum Village UK since 2019.

Junior civil servant and writer.

Practising in the tradition since 2022. Organiser and co-facilitator with Wake Up London.

Works in admin for a local charity which specialises in diversity, equality, and inclusion in the tech industry.

Facilitates at Wake Up Edinburgh. Also runs the social media for the Sangha.

Marketing professional with a decade of experience in all aspects of online and offline marketing.

Holistic wellness curator helping hotels to create programs and spaces.

Shantum Seth is a teacher, social development worker, peace activist, pilgrimage guide and much more.

He received the ‘lamp transmission’ from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 2001 and is setting up a mindfulness centre and community in the foothills of the Himalayas.

Manager of The Barn retreat centre in Devon for seven years.

Frequent practitioner at Plum Village in Deer Park, California.

Teacher of mindfulness & Buddhism on retreats across the UK.

Coordinator of The Barn retreat centre in Devon and director of a UK-based non-profit.

Extensive experience in commercial property investment; involved in ethical property and renewable energy ventures.

Over 20 years of practice in this tradition.

Ordained as a monastic in 1998 and lived in Plum Village and US monasteries, travelling extensively with Thich Nhat Hanh.

Returned to lay life as an accredited teacher in this tradition in 2012.