Stephen Murphy

Non-Executive Director

Stephen is currently Chairman of a number of Founder related businesses including London & Capital Waverton. He is Chairman of Elder Technologies, an elderly care provider and F1 Arcade, an international hospitality business themed around Formula 1 racing. He is also a Senior Advisor to Get Living plc and a member of the Advisory Board at Ashcombe Advisers - a boutique corporate finance house. Stephen was Chairman of Ovo Energy from 2014-2024 working with the Founder to grow Ovo from 150k customers to the UK’s 4th largest energy retail company. 

Stephen was Group CEO of Virgin Group, overseeing all global investments, from 2004-2011 where he succeeded Sir Richard Branson as CEO. He had previously been Group CFO and then Head of Transport & Travel Investments for Virgin. Stephen now pursues a plural NED career working extensively with Founder led businesses on growth and strategy development 

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