Professor Ken Lee

Loughborough University Business School

About Ken

Dr Ken Lee is a Professor at Loughborough University Business School. Prior to that he was an Associate Professorial Lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He lectures on financial analysis and equity valuation and researches sell-side analysts’ interactions with other key actors in capital markets. He is also a member of the Capital Markets Advisory Committee (CMAC), a body supported by the IFRS Foundation, which interprets proposed accounting changes from the perspective of capital market participants.

Before academia Ken was a Managing Director & Head of European Equity Research at Barclays Capital, where he worked for 8 years before leaving in August 2017 to take up a number of academic positions. Prior to this he was also a Managing Director and a ranked accounting and valuation analyst at Citi Investment Research in London. During this time Ken published extensively on accounting and valuation topics for investors and was ranked in the top 3 in the Institutional Investor Survey over more than a continuous 10-year period.

Ken graduated from Trinity College Dublin/Dublin Institute of Technology with a degree in Management Science. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a member of the Institute of Taxation, a CFA Charterholder and a member of the Securities Institute. He holds a doctorate from Aston Business School which focused on how analysts make stock recommendation decisions.

Ken has published in a number of leading academic journals including Contemporary Accounting Research, The British Accounting Review and European Management Review.

Ken’s CV


EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS

ASTON UNIVERSITY

Doctor of Business Administration, 2019

TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN/DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

BSc Mgmt (MA -1994), First Class honours

FELLOW OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS (FCA)

CHARTERED FINANCIAL ANALYST (CFA)

MEMBER OF INSTITUTE OF TAXATION (AITI) 

FELLOW OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION AUTHORITY (FHEA)

CONSULTANCY

CAPITAL MARKETS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CMAC), IFRS FOUNDATION

Committee member (appointed from 1st January, 2022), 2022 - Present

LIBERUM INVESTMENT BANK, LONDON

Forensic Accounting Consultant, 2020 - Present


 

EMPLOYMENT

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL

Professor and Director of PG taught programmes, 2023-

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

Associate Professorial Lecturer, 2018 - 2023
MSc Accounting and Finance Programme Director, 2018 - 2023
Summer School Director (Accounting), 2018 - 2023
Co-Head Department Teaching Committee, 2018 - 2022

BARCLAYS CAPITAL, LONDON

Head of European Equity Research, 2015 – 2017
Deputy Head of European Equity Research, 2009 – 2015
Accounting and Valuation Research Analyst, 2009 – 2015

CITI INVESTMENT RESEARCH, LONDON

Head of Accounting and Valuation Research, 2004 – 2009

BPP/BG, PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, LONDON

Professional Accounting and Valuation Trainer, 1995 – 2003

ARTHUR ANDERSEN, DUBLIN

Trainee Chartered Accountant, 1991 - 1994