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LBMA Chief Executive
After qualifying with a first class honors degree in metallurgy from London University, Dr Murray studied for a PhD on titanium at Imperial College, London. In the decade up to 1984, he worked for the International Wrought Copper Council, serving as its Secretary General from 1980 to 1984. He then joined Consolidated Gold Fields (CGF) where he was responsible for the group’s base metals commodities research. In 1989, Dr Murray set up Gold Fields Mineral Services (GFMS) of which he was Chief Executive for the next nine years to continue the work of publishing the annual survey of the gold market which CGF had pioneered in the late 1960s. His own area of research at GFMS focused on the Middle East and the Indian Sub-continent. In October, 1999, he was appointed Chief Executive of the London Bullion Market Association, where he has been responsible for establishing the LBMA’s annual precious metals conference (now in its 12th year) and for the expansion of its membership to encompass companies outside the UK. He is also responsible for guiding the LBMA's Good Delivery System, which involves the testing and accreditation of refiners of gold and silver located in more than 20 countries. His earlier interest in base metals was reflected in his involvement over a twenty-year period with the World Bureau of Metal Statistics, of which he was chairman from 1989 to 1991.