Meet the Team

Darren started working for SweetTree in July 2021 as Training and Development Manager with an absolute passion for the growth of people! He started his career in Learning and Health Care with the Ambulance Service, having spent 13 years as trainer, progressing to the role of Academy Supervisor. After spending so long with the Ambulance Service, Darren was on the hunt for new ventures and had a spell as Regional Trainer/IC Training Manager within the finance sector learning a new industry and new models, before returning to Health Care with SweetTree. The experience Darren got from both companies has helped him design and deliver different types of training that are not only developing our team as employees but as people too!

In his spare time, Darren coaches grassroots football and currently manages his son’s Chigwell team. Not a stranger to the pitch he also likes to still play when he can!

Jo started her career within the domiciliary Health and Social Care industry almost 10 years ago, and has not looked back since! Jo worked her way up, gaining many Health and Social Care qualifications until reaching her previous role of Apprenticeship Ambassador, Assessor & Trainer, and achieving her Level 3 Award in Education and Training in 2016.

Jo’s SweetTree career took off in 2019 where she joined the Training Academy as the Skills Coach, bringing her love for training, teaching and learning to the SweetTree family.

Her passion extends outside of the workplace, where you will find her teaching beginner piano and other instruments to both children and adults.