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James Murgatroyd

Chair, UK, Middle East and Asia

James Murgatroyd

Life at FGS Global

Chairs the UK, Middle East & Asia region and advises a range of major clients. Co-leads the global Transactions & Financial Communications team.

Life Pre-FGS Global

Started his career as a Eurocommercial Paper salesman at RBC before joining the investment banking team at Dean Witter.

Life Beyond FGS Global

Weekends consist of running by the river and watching football.

James Murgatroyd joined FGS Global as a partner in 1996. Based in London, he is now Chairm of the UK, Middle East & Asia region and sits on the Global Partnership Board.

He has more than 30 years experience in financial communications and reputation management and advises a range of major UK and international clients.

James co-leads the global Transactions & Financial Communications team. He has handled a number of contested transactions, flotations and other high-profile communications issues. These include Flutter Entertainment's combination with The Stars Group, Takeda's acquisition of Shire, Worldpay's merger with Vantiv, Shell's purchase of BG Group and SAB Miller's sale to AB InBev.

Having started his career as a Eurocommercial Paper salesman at RBC, James joined the investment banking team at Dean Witter in 1988, where he qualified as a registered securities representative in both the UK and US. He has an honours degree in economics and politics.

James Murgatroyd
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