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