David Murphy

Dr David Murphy specialises in financial regulation, OTC derivatives, and financial market infrastructure. His most recent book, Derivatives Regulation: Rules and Reasoning from Lehman to Covid, appeared from Oxford University Press in 2022, and he has published extensively on central counterparties, systemic risk, and financial market benchmarks, among other issues. He co-organises the LSE Law Financial Market Infrastructure Research Seminar Series with Professor Jo Braithwaite, and regularly presents in the School.

Education

• PhD University of Surrey (1988 — 1990)
• MSc University of Oxford (1987 — 1988)
• MA University of Oxford (1983 — 1987)

Companies

• Visiting Professor The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2019)
• Owner rivast
• Senior Advisor Bank of England (2013 — 2021)
• Head of Risk ISDA (2010 — 2011)
• COO, Reinsurance Group Merrill Lynch (2002 — 2003)
• Director Merrill Lynch (1997 — 2001)
• Risk Analyst Securities and Futures Authority (precursor to UK FSA) (1995 — 1997)
• Research Fellow University of Sussex (1992 — 1995)
• Research Fellow GMD (1992 — 1993)