Murray Hennessy
Advisory Council Member- Joined
- 2024
Professional Experience
Murray Hennessy is a member of Everview’s Advisory Council. 4
Mr. Hennessy is the former CEO of Great Wolf Resorts Inc. Mr. Hennessy and the Great Wolf leadership team focused on accelerating the growth of the Great Wolf Lodge brand, expanding into new markets throughout the United States, and preparing for expansion internationally.
Mr. Hennessy has worked extensively in customer-facing industries and has significant experience with online businesses. Mr. Hennessy was the former CEO of buy.com UK, an online retailer of technology products, which was acquired by the John Lewis Partnership in 2001. Between 2001 and 2004, he was the commercial director of John Lewis Department Stores, where he pioneered the store’s online presence, johnlewis.com. Following this, from 2004 to 2008, Mr. Hennessy was the CEO of Avis Europe plc. From 2008 until 2014, he was the CEO of thetrainline.com, the online train ticket retailer.
Mr. Hennessy’s previous experience includes executive appointments with Tricon Global restaurants (now Yum Brands), initially as CFO for Europe and latterly as VP and General Manager for Europe. He also spent five years with Bain & Company as a management consultant.
Education
Harvard Business School, M.B.A.
Williams College, B.A.
L’Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, Diploma
4 Members of the Advisory Council are not employees, partners or members of Everview, but are expected to receive compensation from portfolio investments or directly from one or more investment funds, vehicles or other accounts managed or advised by Everview. Such compensation will be in addition to, and will not result in offsets to or reductions of, the compensation paid to Everview.