Leslie Murdock

Leslie has more than 25 years of progressive finance and accounting experience. He started his career with Ernst & Young working in their Dublin, New York and Silicon Valley offices.

In 1989, he founded Murdock & Associates/Horn Murdock Cole, now Accretive Solutions. Under his leadership the company became one of Silicon Valley's premier accounting consulting firms. He has been a pioneer in providing CFO services to venture backed companies and was one of the first to recognize the need for senior level financial consulting services, including corporate governance. Past clients include EBay, Google, Apple and Yahoo.

Accretive Solutions acquired Murdock & Associates in 2000 and Leslie left the firm in 2004, having built the firm up to 150 professionals. Since 2004, Leslie has been active as an investor and financial adviser to emerging technology companies and with his former business partner Claire Martell recently started Murdock Martell.

Leslie is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He has passed the CPA Exam, is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the California Society of CPA's and the Institute of Internal Auditors. He presently serves on the audit committee of the San Jose Conservation Corps; he is a founder and past Board member of the Clean Tech Open, a business plan competition to promote clean/green technologies and is Treasurer of The Irish Literary & Historical Society. Additionally, Leslie is past-President of both the San Jose/Dublin Sister City Program and the San Jose Conservation Corps, a non-profit job training program for at-risk youth.

Leslie Murdock
(650) 440-0233
lmurdock@murdockmartell.com