Sharon is an Expert Witness, chartered arboriculturist and Director of Sharon Hosegood Associates Ltd.  

Sharon had eleven years’ experience as a local government tree and landscape officer before joining a contractor as a tree consultant in 2005.  In 2007 she formed an environmental practice in Essex with the owner. As managing director, she built up the ecological and arboricultural consultancy to a team of 20. She is a past President of the Institute of Chartered Foresters (2021- 2023).  She joined Essex Quality Review Panel in May 2023 as an arboricultural expert.