The Team
Francis Darrah
Francis founded Francis Darrah Chartered Surveyors in 1998 having served his retail apprenticeship covering East Anglia and East Midlands at Healey & Baker (now Cushman & Wakefield). He returned to Norwich in 1993 and established a retail department as a Partner in a regional firm of Chartered Surveyors prior to setting up on his own.
Francis advises landlords and tenants on agency and professional matters regionally and nationally.
Carol Cooper
Carol moved to Norwich in April 1993 from Hillier Parker (now CBRE) and joined Francis Darrah Chartered Surveyors in April 2001 having spent seven years at Chesterton where she was part of the team which established their Norwich office specialising in High Street agency and shopping centre marketing and worked within the national retail team.
Carol advises landlords and tenants on agency matters throughout East Anglia providing advice on retail and leisure properties; this notably includes acting on behalf of the landlord in the lettings at intu Chapelfield where she has been instructed since prior to the centre’s opening in 2005.
Graham Mackintosh
Graham joined Francis Darrah Chartered Surveyors in January 2005 from London based out of town retail specialists Mason Drage Ltd having previously spent eight years within the retail department of Clive Lewis & Partners (now Colliers International).
Graham concentrates on advising clients in landlord and tenant matters and agency issues throughout East Anglia and the East Midlands and continues to represent out of town retailers on landlord and tenant matters nationally. Graham became a consultant to Francis Darrah Chartered Surveyors in January 2009.
Shirley Wilcock
Shirley joined Francis Darrah Chartered Surveyors in March 2017 and is the first point of contact for property information and is looking forward to learning her way around the retail property market.