Darren Gough is a highly proficient community management professional, who specializes in building and managing safe, secure, and scalable online communities to support national and global brands with their community management strategy. He is the founder & managing director of Island23 Limited and a preferred partner in community management services to the NHS Good Thinking programme. Darren's expertise in community management has been recognized by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sports and the Department for International Trade, which featured him in their UK online safety tech sectoral analysis and the Safety Tech Providers Directory, respectively.

Before founding Island23 Limited, Darren has worked as the Director of Community for Richard Millington's FeverBee and the Community Manager for Martin Lewis' MoneySavingExpert.com. He has also worked as a Production Assistant at Daily Echo. Darren holds a 2:1 degree in Corporate Communication from Southampton Solent University and has studied 10 GCSEs A* or A, specialized in English and Science at Wildern, Hampshire.