Benjamin Daniel Murphy, Deputy
Ward: Bishopsgate
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Contact information
Correspondence address:
Members' Room
PO Box 270
Guildhall
London
EC2P 2EJ
Email: benjamin.murphy@cityoflondon.gov.uk
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Committee appointments
- City of London Police Authority Board
- Court of Common Council
- Epping Forest & Commons Committee (Deputy Chairman)
- Finance Committee
- Fraud and Cyber Crime Reporting and Analysis Service Procurement CommitteeProjects and Procurement Sub-Committee
- Local Policing Committee
- Natural Environment Board
- Policy and Resources Committee
- Projects and Procurement Sub-Committee (Chairman)
- West Ham Park Committee
Terms of Office
- 23/03/2022 - 19/03/2025
- 19/03/2025 - 21/03/2029
Additional Information
Over the past 20 years, Ben has worked as a COO for several investment banks in the City of London, including Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and UBS, primarily focused on growth in economic profitability, regulatory reform and digital transformation programs.
He was elected as a local councillor in Epping Forest in 2007 and served as both Deputy Mayor and later Mayor. During this time, he represented the authority on a range of outside organisations, including the Local Government Association, Police Authority and Royal British Legion.
With a passion for social mobility and ensuring the next generation
of the city’s workers have the right skillsets to fuel the UK
economy, Ben has served as Chair of Governors at a number of
schools. He has partnered with the Department for Education and the
Church of England to lead schools through Academy conversion and
served as member of the City of London’s Education Board and
as the Sponsor Trustee and Director of the City of London Academies
Trust.
In November 2017, Ben was elected as a Common Councillor in the City of London representing the Ward of Bishopsgate, winning 68% of the vote. Ben was successfully re-elected in 2022 and 2025. In this time, Ben has supported the creation of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Sub Committee, led the transformation of the City Corporation’s open spaces across London and the south-east and sought to modernise the Corporation’s operating environment.
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