Charles Plumley has had what you might call a non-linear career. Portsmouth Football Club to Expedia to luxury e-commerce at ZALORA, with a detour through institutional finance and wealth management somewhere in the middle. He landed at Great Place To Work® Philippines as General Manager in June 2025, where an Economics degree from the University of Reading and colorful background experience now makes complete sense: understanding what makes workplaces function (or spectacularly not) turns out to require exactly that kind of range.