MURRAY INTERNATIONAL GROUP

Niall Murray is the Chairman and Founder of Murray International. Niall specializes in opening Integrated-resorts, Hotels & Casinos (i.e. pre-opening critical path processes, operations planning, development and optimization).

Niall was born in Dublin, Ireland and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management from Trinity College Dublin, and a Higher Diploma in Hotel, Restaurant & Catering Management from the Dublin Institute of Technology, the prestigious Senior Professional in Human Resource designation from the Society of Human Resource Management, is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants, the Irish Chambers of Commerce in Hong Kong and Singapore and the Project Management Institute. Niall is an Associate with The Hotel Solutions Partnership, is the Honorary Representative of The Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Macau, and is a registered expert with the UN World Tourism Organisation. 

Niall gained extensive pre-opening and operations experience having held progressive management and senior executive positions with Omni Hotels, ITT Sheraton, Disneyland Paris, Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons Hotels; Caesars Palace and The Venetian in Las Vegas. Niall led the pre-opening critical path process as Senior Director at the Sands Macau, and as Vice President of Operations Development for The Venetian and Cotai Strip in Macau. In addition, Niall has led the pre-opening and operations development teams for SJM's Grand Lisboa, Ponte 16 and L'Arc, and most recently directed the pre-opening team for the Casino Oceanus at Jai Alai in Macau.

John Catt is Executive Vice President of Murray International and principal of his recently established consultancy, Corporate Reputation Group International – CRG International.

Prior to this he held the position of Vice President of Public Relations for Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM) the market leader of the Macau gaming industry. At SJM he was responsible for external and internal communications positioning for SJM’s joint ventures and new businesses. He was a member of the management team that took SJM Holdings to its successful IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2007.

Before joining SJM, he was Executive Director of Communications with Venetian Macau Ltd (VML), part of the Las Vegas Sands group. Venetian Macau was the first company to locate to Macau, China after the liberalisation of the gaming market.

John Catt has wide experience in directing multinational communications programmes around the world. Throughout his career he has specialized in reputation management for companies and industries with specific issues as well as raising the profiles of industry leaders.

He has held senior positions with companies such as Philips Electronics, General Electric USA and ICI. He was a member of the executive team that established EVC International – a Brussels-based joint venture between ICI of the UK and the Italian State-owned chemical industry. He was a member of the management team that took EVC to its successful IPO on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

He later went on to join the World Steel Forum where he was tasked by the Board with upgrading the world-wide reputation of the steel industry. He then went on to join the World Plant Science industry association addressing a range of issues including pesticide use, genetic modification, corporate social responsibility and intellectual property rights.

He has served as Chairman of a number of global communications task groups monitoring issues and addressing them proactively through pan-industry communications programmes. He has represented industry at a number of world forums including United Nations organizations such as the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

In addition to his native English, he speaks Dutch, French, German and Italian.

Peter Lam is a Strategic Partner of Murray International, and the Director and Founder of The Hub, a marketing communications specialist, focusing on brand development, branding, promotion and advertising. Peter has over 30 years of marketing experience with major multinational companies. He started his career at McCann-Erickson, one of the largest advertising agencies, handling premium brands like Remy Martin, Del Monte and Levi’s. Then he moved to British American Tobacco as Promotion Manager, running consumer promotions with tremendous success for all its brands. His next stops included senior management positions in the best and biggest advertising agencies, O&M, Leo Burnett and Grey.

Recognizing a demand for a professional local agency, Peter founded Campaign Advertising Ltd. It was an instant success, attracting blue chip clients like Perrier, Revlon, Dow Chemical, British Airways and HSBC. A few years later, Campaign went regional by founding Asia Advertising Group (AAG), a network of local independent agencies in every major market in Asia Pacific including China. It proved to be extremely effective for local clients who wanted to go regional. Campaign’s success drew the attention of Asatsu-DK, the third largest advertising agency in Japan, which later on became Campaign’s majority shareholder.

Five years ago, Campaign morphed into The Hub, specializing in marketing communications. In addition to promotion and advertising, the focus is on brand development and branding. Major successful projects included the strategic planning and execution of Western Union’s Club 500 in Southeast Asia, the branding for Oceanus Casino in Macau, the brand development for ThreeSixty, a super deluxe supermarket chain in Hong Kong.

Peter was born in Hong Kong and has dual Hong Kong and Great Britain citizenship. He graduated from Carlson School of Business at the University of Minnesota U.S.A., majoring in Marketing. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Marketing and has delivered many presentations on marketing and advertising.

Our Team

Murray International has formed a number of strategic alliances, affiliations and partnerships with some of the worlds leading experts, specialists and service providers. Murray International project teams are formed and led by the Chairman, Niall Murray, and are supported by a core team of project managers and coordinators. Teams are assembled on a project by project basis and consist of specialists, specifically  selected for the project at hand. Each team member is carefully chosen to ensure that customers needs, expectations, and required outcomes are not only met, but exceeded. Therefore, when you work with Murray International you will gain a world-class team of experts, with a wealth of industry experience, assembled specifically to accomplish your project objectives.

Our Partners

Murray International has formed strategic partnerships with world-class service providers and specialists. Niall Murray is an Associate with The Hotel Solutions Partnership. In addition, we have built up an extensive network of FF&E, OS&E and Outsourced Service providers including InSourcing Asia. These relationships allow us to bring our clients the best products and services available in the market, at the best price. Murray International can provide our clients with anything from a simple referral to a complex integrated solution.