Bernard Murphy - FIH MI

Group Managing Director

Ralph Trustees Ltd

Bernard’s career started in London in the nineties, when he worked for The Churchill Inter-Continental and The Britannia Inter-Continental Hotels in London. He moved to Gleneagles in 1995 and held a variety of management positions before joining the Compass Group in 2005 to lead the facilities management for the opening and operating the RBS Headquarters and Business School in Edinburgh. He was later promoted to Operations Director: managing front of house and catering services in the UK and Ireland for the RBS Group portfolio. Bernard returned to The Gleneagles Hotel as General Manager in 2007 and was responsible for developing the hotel’s international reputation as one of the world’s leading leisure and business destinations. In 2015 he led the sale of the resort to Ennismore and spearheaded further development. Bernard joined Ralph Trustees in 2018 and currently oversees their portfolio of hotels.