Murray Bleach

Biography

  Murray Bleach has been re-designated as Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Energy Action Ltd., effective 12 November 2015. He has over 30 years’ experience in the Accounting and Finance industry. He originally worked as a Chartered Accountant for KPMG in Sydney and Dallas, Texas. His move into financial services came in 1987, when he joined Bankers Trust Australia. Murray joined the Macquarie Group as part of Macquarie’s acquisition of Bankers Trust Australia. During this time he was CEO of Macquarie’s US business and led the building of its US infrastructure business. He was previously CEO of Intoll Group and is currently a Non Executive Director and Chairman, Investment Committee of Industry Funds Management and up until July 2013, when it was sold, he was a Non Executive Director of Eraring Energy. He is Co- Chairman of Suicide Prevention Australia, Chairman of Society One Pty Limited, an unlisted peer to peer lender, and a Non-Executive Director of Strongform Group. He is an Advisory Board member, for Derwent Executive, an executive recruitment consultancy. He is Chairman of the Energy Action Audit and Risk Management Committee, and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Murray holds a Bachelor of Arts (Financial Studies) and a Master in Applied Finance from Macquarie University. He is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Research Interest

   Business Administration Finance