Sean Murray

For over 40 years, Sean Murray has worked worldwide in the chemicals and mining industries including non-ferrous metals and minerals and industrial minerals.

His successful executive management career includes senior roles with Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation and Pasminco where he also served as chair, and Rio Tinto Borax where he became managing director of Borax Europe and deputy chief executive of Rio Tinto Borax in the 1990s.

Mr Murray has also served on the boards of Rio Tinto subsidiary companies including US Borax (California), Borax Francais (Paris and Dunkirk) and Borax Argentina (Buenos Aires and Salta). He was also vice president of the European Zinc Institute (The Hague), an industry advisor to the UK government on non-ferrous metals and minerals, vice president of the Industrial Minerals Association, and president of the European Borates Association.

Since 2004, Mr Murray has provided specialist consulting services to the industrial minerals sector in Europe, North and Central America.