Murray Rowden

BSc in Quantity Surveying

Regional Managing Director Americas and Global Head of Infrastructure at Turner & Townsend

After graduating with a BSc in Quantity Surveying, Murray Rowden was introduced to Turner & Townsend by a lecturer and they later employed him as a graduate.

He has since worked around the world in cities like Amsterdam, London and New York, moving through a number of leadership roles in the business.

Going from strength to strength, Murray was made a Partner of Turner & Townsend when he was only 32 and has held industry positions such as Chairman of Constructing Excellence, which is a UK industry membership organisation.

Murray said: “I am a great believer in not only making the business you work for successful but also contributing to the development of the industry you work in.”

Giving people a chance

Murray said: “I am delighted and proud to see how the University has grown but still holds to the goal of creating an opportunity for people and getting them into employment. My mission in life is to give people a chance and help them to realise their potential and ambitions. That is what we believe in at Turner & Townsend as we strive to create a great place to work. I learned that from a combination of my parents and GCU”

I wanted to go into business and I got the sense that GCU would make me a good business person. It was a place that was grounded with an unrelenting focus on making graduates readily employable. I like that as both a person and now as an employer.