Murray Fox

He has been involved in executive search in the commodities sector since 2008 and immediately prior to joining Cripps Sears in 2012 he was responsible for establishing a commodity search practice for a top European boutique search firm.

His clients have included investment banks, hedge funds, majors and trading houses, in addition to companies that own and/or operate mid and downstream assets. He has conducted searches for them globally, including in the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia Pacific regions.

Cripps Sears’ mid and downstream subsector supports companies involved in the energy value chain past the exploration and production phase, through transportation and storage, refining, marketing and trading to downstream retail distribution and specialty products. Murray’s assignments cover positions at executive level, commercial, technical and operational, plus C suite and board level appointments.

Murray also works closely with companies transporting and storing natural gas. LNG has been a huge growth area for Cripps Sears; the company works with exploration companies that are commercialising gas assets, developing floating or shore-based liquefaction solutions and associated infrastructure to access international markets.

Based in London, the Mid & Downstream practice integrates with all other Cripps Sears sectors to offer a truly global service. We have placed candidates in these locations.

Company strengths

A particular strength of Cripps Sears is the way consultants from different divisions can share expertise to create understanding of a project from the viewpoint of every discipline. This access to a global network that is highly integrated across the advisors, investors, developers and operators, in combination with a delivery-focused ethos, enables a detailed and referenced view of the potential candidates to be built up and presented to clients in a short timeframe.

Murray’s background

Murray followed a Natural Sciences (Biology and Geology) degree from Birmingham University with an MSc in Marketing.

He was born and brought up in Kenya, which he still thinks of as home. Having led an outdoors lifestyle growing up, he enjoys most sports, while his interest in rugby was encouraged by a period spent living in Christchurch, New Zealand. His other personal interests include golf, kite-surfing and travel.

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