Transylvania names new vice president for finance and business

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ/Transylvania Public Affairs) – Nelson Murphy, a financial operations government with encounter in corporate and bigger instruction fields, has been named as Transylvania University’s new vice president for finance and organization.

Murphy succeeds Marc Mathews, who is retiring at the conclude of the thirty day period.

The Syracuse, N.Y., indigenous provides a large selection of experience to Transylvania, with a hefty emphasis on accounting, business enterprise restructuring, treasury, charge manage and economic reporting, and he has served at the vice president amount inside academia and at some of the nation’s major corporations.

“I’m thrilled to join the crew at Transylvania led by President Brien Lewis as we create on the university’s modern successes and powerful money basis,” said Murphy. “Being in the heart of Lexington — and at just one of the nation’s top rated liberal arts faculties in a town this dimension — is one thing I’m seeking forward to.”

Murphy obtained a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Wake Forest and commenced his job in money operations for AT&T.

There he held a wide variety of experienced and administration positions in value accounting, financial scheduling, intercontinental operations and served as vice president for AT&T’s Europe, Center East and Africa division and as the chief economic officer for its intercontinental division.

For nine years, Murphy labored with Northrop Grumman, serving as vice president of small business management for its defensive techniques division and as treasurer for its electronics devices sector.

In addition, he served as vice president of global finance for Syniverse Technologies in Luxembourg.

In 2015, Murphy transitioned to increased education, taking on the placement of government vice president for finance and operations at Catawba School in North Carolina, wherever he oversaw many of the same places he will regulate at Transylvania, such as enterprise and finance, services and general public protection.

Most lately, Murphy was the vice president for small business and finance at Lenoir-Rhyne University.

“Nelson provides a wealth of experience to Transylvania that will make an speedy effect on our skill to meet up with our monetary and strategic targets,” Lewis reported. “I’m extremely substantially hunting ahead to performing with him once again and encouraging introduce him to the Lexington neighborhood, which has been so welcoming to me this earlier yr.”

Murphy will sign up for Transylvania on July 1.