Darwin graduated from the University of Melbourne with an honour Bachelor of Commerce degree and also obtained a MBA from the Victoria University. Prior to his counselling career, he held key leadership and management positions for more than 20 years in sizeable multinational corporations, coaching more than 20+ people, who still hold management positions nowadays.  After miraculous life changing events, he redirected his career and earned a Master of Social Science in Counselling with Distinction, earning Outstanding Student Prize for being top of class, from the City University of Hong Kong.  He also pursued further study in counselling by completing Graduate Diploma of Christian Counselling at Australian Institute of Family Counselling.

After working with clients in training and coaching company, hospital, university, schools and various counselling and development centres, Darwin has developed his counselling expertise in stress management, life crisis management, personal growth, career development, leadership and transitional management coaching, family therapy, parenting, school counselling (SEN students), chronically ill patients' care, mature adults counselling, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma recovery, grief and loss, migration adjustment and Christian counselling.

Darwin is a Certified Practicing Counsellor of PACFA, Registered Member of Australian Counselling Association, Christian Counsellors Association of Australia, Australian Association of Family Therapy and Hong Kong Professional Counselling Association, on top of being Fellows of both Hong Kong Institute of CPA, and CPA Australia.  He is listed at the Australian Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (ARCAP).