... Combine experience with integrity to provide you with a
service of the highest calibre.

Mark Grace MRICS
Mark runs the Commercial Agency side of the business and
is well known and established on the Island, having been born
and bred in Douglas and worked in Agency for over 23 years.

Mark was educated at King William’s College in Castletown
and subsequently at Liverpool John Moores [Accountancy], and
then Northumberland University, where he gained a First
Class Honours degree in Estate Management. A qualified
Chartered Surveyor and former Chairman of the Merseyside
and Isle of Man Branch, Mark now lives in St Johns with his wife,
Rachel, and two sons, Jack and Nathan.

A former Junior Island Squash champion, Mark still enjoys
regular visits to the Onchan Squash Club, but has become
better known recently for taking to the fairways at Castletown's
excellent Links Golf Course.

Mark is a Director of the Government owned national radio
station – Manx Radio, and holds other Directorships in a
number of property related private and public companies.

Mark is also on the Management and Executive Committees
of the Manx Blind Welfare Society – one of the Island’s largest
charities. He has recently become involved as one of the
founding members of ‘Oskars Dreams’, a new charity
dedicated to the care of terminally ill children on the Island.

Patrick Cowley FNAEA
Patrick is without doubt one of the most respected Estate
Agents on the Island. Having taken over his uncle's firm in
1975, he established and built up the largest local Estate
Agency. The company was sold in the mid 1980's and Patrick
is one of the founding directors of Black Grace
Cowley which was formed in 1994.

A Manxman by birth, Patrick's father Denis Cowley QC
was the first Manxman to be appointed as a Queens Counsel.
His grandfather, Sir Percy Cowley was a former First Deemster
on the Island and Patrick himself holds a number of Directorships
in prominent Manx companies.

A member of the Rotary Club of Douglas, Patrick is married
with three adult children and is an avid follower of rugby and
cricket.

Geoff Black
Born in the Isle of Man, Geoff has been part of the local
property industry for over 30 years. At Black Grace Cowley,
Geoff deals with the professional side of the business,
undertaking a full range of Commercial property valuations for
bank lending and company accounts, rent reviews and lease
renewals.

Geoff and his wife Nikki live in Ballasalla with their young son,
Jake, the youngest of 7 children! He is president of Douglas
Rugby Club and is a keen member of Douglas Rotary Club
and Mount Murray Golf Club.

A fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Geoff
is one of the most experienced and skilled property professionals on
the Island.

Nicholas Cooper FNAEA
Nicholas joined the firm in 2002 and became a Director in
Spring 2003.

Born and educated in Cheshire, Nicholas has spent 19 years
in the industry based in Chester. Before joining Black Grace
Cowley, he was a member of the Board of Management for
the North of England's largest independent estate agents.

His family have Island origins in Castletown and the South of
the Island, dating back over generations.

Nicholas enjoys motorcycling, coastal walking, diving, mountain
biking and skiing, the latter not being as prevalent on the Island
as the former! Nicholas lives in upper Douglas with his wife Gaby
and young daughter Imogen.

Anna Kelly BSc MRICS
One of the most experienced agents on the Island, Anna has
been providing professional sales and valuation advice to the
residential property market within the Isle of Man for over 20 years.

Born and brought up in Port St Mary, Anna received her degree
from Northumberland University before qualifying as a Chartered
Surveyor in London. She returned to the Island in the late
1980’s and started in residential agency where she has built up
a wealth of knowledge and experience. Anna is one of the founding
Directors of Black Grace Cowley.

Anna lives with her partner, Malcolm, in Colby and enjoys
nothing more than walking the Manx hills whenever possible.
She also loves to travel which she has done extensively in Australia,
India and Indonesia. Anna is actively involved in fundraising for
Breast Cancer Care and has recently combined her love of walking
and travel by undertaking an adventurous trek for the charity in the
Indian Himalayas!