The agency, which is owned by Huntsworth, has said that Murphy has today been appointed non-executive chairman of Grayling in addition to his current role as CEO and will remain in that position until a successor is found.
Peter Chadlington, Huntsworth’s CEO, said: “Michael was a central architect of the successful strategy to merge many of our businesses together to form a single brand and attract larger, multi-office clients. And in doing so he has established a distinct culture and work style. Grayling is now established as one of the leading international public relations and government relations firms in the world.