ROSS MURDOCH

Ross Murdoch is a lawyer at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in London, within its Enforcement and Market Oversight Division. Ross specialises in regulatory enforcement proceedings, particularly within wholesale financial markets, including market abuse, benchmark manipulation (e.g. LIBOR), and other market misconduct. Prior to working at the FCA, he worked as a lawyer at a commercial law firm within its Commercial Dispute Resolution & Regulatory practice in London. He is dual qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales (2011) and Scotland (2010). In September 2015, Ross was awarded first prize in the Global Edition of the Ethics in Finance Prize (2014/2015). This was presented at a ceremony co-hosted by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, at its headquarters in Washington DC. From May 2019, Ross will be on a year long detail to the United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section.