Stephen Murphy

Stephen Murphy has over 35 years of Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity experience across the US, Asia, Europe and Africa (Salomon Brothers Inc, E*Trade International, Citi and Citadel Capital). His career focus has largely been on equity “the meat in the sandwich”, raising over US$24 billion for clients in Europe and Africa.

Stephen ran the European private institutional fund raising group at Citi, working with many of the leading Private Equity Firms. He moved to work directly with a principal investing client, Citadel Capital, in 2008.

He is a seasoned fiduciary and has been directly involved in consumer-facing businesses, both as a principal investor, Board Member, or at Senior Executive level, starting with his appointment in 1998 to the Board of Brown Thomas Group (Department stores) in his native Ireland. He was the co-founder of the Watch Gallery and led the 2004 rescue of Savile Row tailoring house, H Huntsman & Sons.

He holds an MA from Trinity College, Dublin.

His outside interest includes board membership of two NYSE-listed companies and several private companies involved in luxury goods, including famed London bespoke shirt maker Budd.