Member Spotlight: Daniel Murton

18 June 2026

Daniel is a Director in Quantuma’s personal insolvency team, covering a range of formal insolvency appointments across the whole of the country. He recently passed both JIE exams in his first attempt, and was recognised as the individual and combined top scorer across both papers for the November 2025 cohort. 

What inspired you to pursue a career as an insolvency practitioner, and is there a particular aspect of your current role which you find especially rewarding? 

I actually first started my career in insolvency somewhat by accident; I was in need of a full-time job after finishing Uni and a family friend working in a local insolvency practice recommended me for a vacancy. I knew very little about insolvency at the time, however the opportunity seemed very interesting (and I needed a job!). I took to the work quickly and it seemed to be a natural fit to my skill set from the beginning, whilst constantly keeping me on my toes and never bored. I have progressed and moved up the ranks over the years and sitting the exams and achieving qualified insolvency practitioner status was the next logical step in my career journey.

I really enjoy leaving situations in a better place than I found them, and find this to be eminently rewarding. This is often the case in the work that I do in my current role in contentious personal insolvency, whether that be striking an IVA agreement between creditors and debtor to make the best of a bad situation, or pursuing significant assets through a bankruptcy estate in order to get a return back to creditors.

What has surprised you most about working in the profession?

The sheer variety in the work that we do and, although it is a cliché, it really is the case that no two cases are the same. Everyday is a school day and every case is an opportunity to learn something new.

Having been recognised as the overall top scorer for the JIE across both papers this year, do you have any advice for those considering sitting the exams in future? 

If you are studying for the JIE exams, no doubt you are relatively senior in your current role and have a challenging workload to manage alongside the study. It is a real challenge to balance the studying throughout the year with a busy case load. Try and keep up with the sessions and study plan schedule if you can, you will appreciate it later on. Also, take as much study leave as you can before the exams, as that period where I was dedicated to the study without the distraction of work pressures was invaluable. I saved up annual leave in the year and also purchased an extra week holiday to combine with the study leave and revision sessions. This made a huge difference for me and I couldn’t recommend that enough.

What skills or qualities do you think are most important for someone building a career in insolvency and restructuring?

Being able to jump in and out of various different cases and juggle differing work streams can be key when managing a busy portfolio. The work can be tough (but rewarding!) and so resilience is also key. The ability to communicate well and tailor your message to the audience is vital, as is the ability to build and maintain relationships with a variety of different people from a variety of different backgrounds.

How has being part of R3 supported your career development so far, and what aspect of membership have you found most valuable?

Earlier in my career, I regularly assisted a former employer in hosting local R3 sessions at our then offices. The networking opportunities and exposure at that point in my career as well as the technical and industry knowledge gained from the sessions and insight was invaluable. 

What do you consider to be your most significant professional achievement to date?

At this point, it is hard to look past the recent JIE qualification, particularly given the level of hard work and commitment that I put into the exams, with the support of my family. Coming out as the overall top scorer was a proud moment.

What do you consider to be the main challenge(s) facing the profession in the coming years?

Working in contentious insolvency, I am seeing increasing levels of vexatious correspondence from aggrieved parties which has the hallmarks of being generated by AI which can be drafted by the sender in seconds. This can be very time consuming to sift through and respond to, irrespective of whether the actual content has any genuine merit!