Gerry Murphy

Chairman, Burberry

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“The bottom line of course was that that decision was made eventually, but it was made 10 years later. Political expediency got in the way and the company and its joint venture partner Granada at the time had made this big bet on a public policy shift over which it had no control. So the kind of lesson two was don't bet...”

— From 118. Gerry Murphy, Tesco & Burberry Chair - How boards add strategic value, Enter the Boardroom (April 15, 2025)
“We're heading into a post-WTO world where free trade, globalization is almost certainly in reverse and looking at the reliability of supply from different parts of the world that we've taken for granted for generations is almost certainly unrealistic. So on a 10-year view, boards are going to have to think about reconf...”

— From 118. Gerry Murphy, Tesco & Burberry Chair - How boards add strategic value, Enter the Boardroom (April 15, 2025)

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118. Gerry Murphy, Tesco & Burberry Chair - How boards add strategic value

April 15, 2025 · 📺 Enter the Boardroom

Gerry Murphy is Chair of Tesco and Burberry, Trustee at The Burberry Foundation and Senior Advisor at Perella Weinberg. Tune in to hear his thoughts on: What were the three most consequential boardroom moments for you as a CEO? (1:42) How can boards assess how much control they have over external factors? (6:26) What frameworks do you use to assess risk? (9:33) What megatrends should be shaping strategy today? (12:29) How do you decide whether a trend is structural or cyclical? (15:01) What are the practical, board-level implications of the AI megatrend? (16:51) As CEO and Chair, where have yo…

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118. Gerry Murphy, Tesco & Burberry Chair - How boards add strategic value