Steve joined the company as co-director in 2013, having worked previously with an arboriculture company in Yorkshire. His previous career was in the film industry as a camera technician – although this feels like a very long time ago! Steve studied for his level 2 arboriculture qualification at Merrist Wood College in Surrey. He is one of our 2 surveyors and also works to administer the day to day operations of our 3 teams – managing our personnel and resources to execute our workload as efficiently as possible.

Martin has been a part of the Swift team since 2019, having previously worked in Audio/Visual operations for live events. He is a keen climber and machine operator with IPAF qualification for operating our MEWP, together with his CS32 - medium tree felling, CS40 & CS41 - aerial tree pruning and rigging operations. Martin has an exceptional eye for detail, making him the ideal choice to have been trained to become a qualified LOLER inspector and now looks after all of our climbing and rigging equipment. He has also recently volunteered to assist at the UK & Ireland Tree Climbing Competition. Outside of work, Martin is an outdoors enthusiast, spending his weekends climbing mountains, cold-water swimming, or sometimes both! He also enjoys adventurous travel abroad.

Rob came onboard with us in 2021, straight from having completed his Level 3 HND in forestry & arboriculture at Reaseheath College. He is a keen climber and machine operator, particularly specialising in operating our Arbdigger with it’s various attachments. He also holds an IPAF qualification to operate our MEWP and most recently attained his NPTC CS32 medium tree felling, plus CS40 & CS41 - aerial tree pruning and rigging operations. In his spare time, Rob tends to be very busy, with his mechanical expertise in maintaining chainsaws and other small machinery being in high demand. He is also proud owner with his partner, Ellie, of a border collie puppy, Barney.

Sam joined the company in 2023. He has a strong work ethic and comes from a background of having worked in gardens since he was 14. He is making great steps forward with his training, having achieved competency certificates for woodchipper & stumpgrinder operations and most recently in climbing & aerial Rescue and in chainsaw maintenance/small tree felling. These qualifications now allow him to begin to develop as our next climbing arborist - next step will be his chainsaw from a rope & harness qualification in the winter of 2025. Outside of work, Sam is passionate about cars & motorcycling – ask him about the project mazda!

Jen became part of the team in 2025 and is keen to learn the skills to become an arborist. She has quickly integrated with the rest of the team and is developing her competencies, having already attained her basic chainsaw certification, together with her NPTC unit CS38 - Climbing & Aerial Rescue. Jen's previous work involved managing a livery stables and she is a keen enthusiast of nature and ecology. She has recently attended a number of workshops on Tree Veteranisation - with some good project trees to work on at the family farm. Jen is currently with us on a part-time basis, as she splits her time with looking after her 2 year-old daughter, Luna and working hard on their new home.

Neil is the first member to join our designated hedge cutting team. Having come from a career as a fabricator, Neil was on the lookout for a new challenge, when he saw our advertisement for hedge cutting operatives. Having welcomed him join to us for a couple of trial days, we were hugely impressed by his patience and attention to detail - just what high quality hedge cutting requires. Our client on day one commented on Neil's "engineer's approach" to the task! We were delighted that Neil chose to join us and he has fit into the Swift team brilliantly. It's pretty handy to have someone good at welding around in the workshop too!