Stafford joined Delancey in 2000, having previously been a Partner at Cushman & Wakefield. He now has responsibility for the strategic oversight of the business, as well as for devising and delivering a number of the firm’s market leading operational and investment activities. ​ 

​In recent years he has had a particular focus on its residential, mixed use development and educational strategies. He works closely with key investor partners including APG, Oxford Properties, Aware Super and Places for London.​ 

​Stafford graduated from The University of Reading in 1989 and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.  He is national Chair of the Investment Property Forum, a Trustee of the Reading Real Estate Foundation at Henley Business School and a Governor of Lockers Park School.