Richard Murley

MRC Council member

Richard Murley is a member of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Council.

Richard read Jurisprudence at Oxford University and qualified as a solicitor. He has worked for the major part of his career in the city of London providing corporate finance advice to public and private sector clients in the UK and overseas. He is currently a Vice Chair of Rothschild, an independent financial advisory group. Before joining Rothschild, he was seconded from Goldman Sachs & Co. as Director General of the Panel of Takeovers and Mergers, regulating public company takeovers in the London market. Richard also chairs United Trust Bank Limited, a privately-owned specialist lender based in London.

Richard is Chair of Macmillan Cancer Support and of UCL Partners Limited and is a Trustee of The Royal Society of Medicine.

Richard is a member of the Panel of Takeovers and Mergers. He is also a Trustee of the Royal Society of Medicine, of Macmillan Cancer Support and of Crisis, the national charity for homeless people.

Last updated: 1 September 2023

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