Paul Murray (businessman)

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Paul Murray
Born (1964-05-29) 29 May 1964 (age 59)
NationalityScottish
OccupationOutsourcing

Paul Murray (born 29 May 1964)[1] is a Scottish businessman. He is a former director of Rangers Football Club.

Murray is a chartered accountant.[2]

He became director of Rangers Football Club on 20 September 2007.[3] A few weeks after Craig Whyte's take over the company that owned the club in May 2011, Murray was removed from the board by Whyte as for refusing to resign his directorship.[4] After two years, Murray returned to the spotlight when he led a group of Rangers shareholders that requisitioned an EGM to vote on the removal of Plc board directors including then chief executive Craig Mather,[5] although the bid proved ultimately unsuccessful.[6] Not to be deterred, Murray played a role in Dave King's consortium's boardroom takeover at Ibrox Stadium in March 2015, taking on the role of interim chairman for King.[7] He stepped down as Chair on 22 May 2015 after King's appointment was approved by the football authorities.[8] Murray later resigned from the Rangers board on 2 May 2018.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ MR PAUL MURRAY
  2. ^ "Profile: Paul Murray". The Scotsman. Johnston Press. 19 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Appointments at Ibrox". The Scotsman. Johnston Press. 20 September 2007.
  4. ^ Lamont, Alasdair (24 May 2011). "Rangers remove chairman Alastair Johnston". BBC Sport. BBC.
  5. ^ "Call to remove chief executive Craig Mather". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Current board re-elected following AGM". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 December 2013.
  7. ^ McLaughlin, Chris (6 March 2015). "Dave King's consortium wins control of Rangers board room". BBC Sport. BBC.
  8. ^ "King Appointed Chairman". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 22 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Rangers: Paul Murray and Barry Scott resign as club directors". BBC Sport. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.