Sandvik Appoints Patrick Murphy as President of Business Area Mining
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Patrick Murphy
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Sandvik has appointed Patrick Murphy as president of business area mining and new member of the Sandvik Group Executive Management, effective July 1, 2026. Murphy succeeds Mats Eriksson, who is stepping down from the role ahead of his planned retirement in 2027. Patrick Murphy is currently president of the rotary drilling division within mining.
Patrick Murphy, born in 1976, is a Canadian national. He joined Sandvik in 2001 and has a strong background from various roles within the mining business area, working in Canada, Australia, India, Finland, and the United States. Prior to his current role as president rotary drilling, he headed the underground drilling division as well as the rock drills and technologies division (which today is the digital mining technologies division).
“Patrick Murphy is an experienced international leader with a strong track record and proven leadership skills from his previous roles within Sandvik. With his extensive knowledge of Sandvik and deep mining industry expertise, I’m confident that he will be a great president of the mining business area,” said Stefan Widing, president and CEO of Sandvik.
Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. They are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing customers processes. Their world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation, and rock processing.
Sandvik Mining is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, parts, service, digital solutions and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining and construction industries. Application areas include rock drilling, rock cutting, loading and hauling, tunneling, ground support, and quarrying.
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