Dr Gerry Murphy
Chairman
Business & Management
Tate & Lyle
Slovakia
Biography
Joined the Board as an independent non-executive director and Chairman-designate in January 2017. Appointed Chairman in April 2017. Gerry is Chairman of The Blackstone Group’s principal European entity, having joined the firm in 2008 as a Senior Managing Director in its Private Equity group. Dr Murphy’s early career was in the food and drinks sector, primarily with Grand Metropolitan plc (now Diageo plc) and Greencore Group plc, where he was CEO, before becoming CEO of Exel plc, Carlton Communications plc and most recently Kingfisher plc (2003 to 2008). He is a non-executive director of Intertrust NV and has previously served on the boards of British American Tobacco plc, Invest Europe, Merlin Entertainments plc, Reckitt Benckiser plc, Abbey National plc and Novar plc. Chairman of the Nominations Committee and member of the Corporate Responsibility Committee.
Research Interest
food
