Ken Frost
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Ken Frost MA FCA FIPFM, educated at Dulwich College
and Edinburgh University, is a Director of Phoenix Commercial Ventures (www.pcvltd.com), an international venture capital firm that marries investors with investment opportunities in the DPRK. He is also a Director of Hana Electronics, a DPRK based consumer electronics company.
In addition to the above directorships, Ken runs a well known and popular network of websites under the "Living Brand" label (www.kenfrost.com).
He has over 20 years' international business experience of FMCG industries, consumer electronics, rough diamond distribution and the internet. He has worked for KPMG
, Philips Electronics and De Beers
.
He was ranked 11th by Accountancy Age
in their 2006 Financial Power List of the most influential people in the world of finance. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
(FCA), and a member of Gerson Lehrman Group
Councils.
In November 2006 he was awarded Fellowship of the Institute of Professional Financial Managers for his services to the accountancy profession.
In September 2007 he was nominated for the award of Accountant of the Year in the Association of International Accountants
President's Awards 2007. He has reached the finals Accountant of The Year Finalists
This award is designed to recognise organisations' accountancy stars.
He is regularly featured in the media.
(1973-1980); he then studied Economics and Accounting at Edinburgh University (1980-84), gaining an MA.
He worked for KPMG London (1984-1989), and qualified as a chartered accountant (FCA). He joined Philips Electronics UK in 1989 as an Internal Audit Manager, moving to Stockholm in 1996 to set up the Philips Nordic audit department. He also set up the world-wide Fraud Investigation Department for Philips Electronics NV.
Moving back to London in 2000, he joined De Beers
as Head of Audit to set up their new department.
In 2001 he left De Beers and set up his own internet company (www.kenfrost.com) which publishes a well known and popular network of websites covering a.o. politics, restaurant reviews, culture, cooking and current events under the "Living Brand" label.
An accomplished amateur chef, he has written a book Accountants Can Cook which is a compendium of his favourite recipes, coupled with a travelogue of the places that he has visited and experiences that he has enjoyed during the first 40 years of his life.
In 2005 he successfully led the opposition to plans by the ICAEW to merge with CIMA and CIPFA (www.icaew.info), the ICAEW lost the vote. He is well known in the profession.
Dulwich College
Dulwich College is an independent school for boys in Dulwich, southeast London, England. The college was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift". It currently has about 1,600 boys,...
and Edinburgh University, is a Director of Phoenix Commercial Ventures (www.pcvltd.com), an international venture capital firm that marries investors with investment opportunities in the DPRK. He is also a Director of Hana Electronics, a DPRK based consumer electronics company.
In addition to the above directorships, Ken runs a well known and popular network of websites under the "Living Brand" label (www.kenfrost.com).
He has over 20 years' international business experience of FMCG industries, consumer electronics, rough diamond distribution and the internet. He has worked for KPMG
KPMG
KPMG is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, Ernst & Young and PwC. Its global headquarters is located in Amstelveen, Netherlands....
, Philips Electronics and De Beers
De Beers
De Beers is a family of companies that dominate the diamond, diamond mining, diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors. De Beers is active in every category of industrial diamond mining: open-pit, underground, large-scale alluvial, coastal and deep sea...
.
He was ranked 11th by Accountancy Age
Accountancy Age
Accountancy Age is a trade magazine for accountants and financial staff in the United Kingdom. After running from 1969 to 2011 with a circulation of over 60,000 in print, it changed with effect from May 2011 to an online-only publication.-History:...
in their 2006 Financial Power List of the most influential people in the world of finance. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
Institute of Chartered Accountants
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(FCA), and a member of Gerson Lehrman Group
Gerson Lehrman Group
Gerson Lehrman Group , founded in 1998 and headquartered in New York City, operates an expert network platform of more than 300,000 subject matter experts who provide independent consulting services to companies around the world....
Councils.
In November 2006 he was awarded Fellowship of the Institute of Professional Financial Managers for his services to the accountancy profession.
In September 2007 he was nominated for the award of Accountant of the Year in the Association of International Accountants
Association of International Accountants
The Association of International Accountants is a professional accountancy body. It was founded in the UK in 1928 and since that date has promoted the concept of ‘international accounting’ to create a global network of accountants in over 85 countries worldwide.AIA is recognised by the UK...
President's Awards 2007. He has reached the finals Accountant of The Year Finalists
This award is designed to recognise organisations' accountancy stars.
He is regularly featured in the media.
Background
He was born in London, and was educated at Dulwich CollegeDulwich College
Dulwich College is an independent school for boys in Dulwich, southeast London, England. The college was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift". It currently has about 1,600 boys,...
(1973-1980); he then studied Economics and Accounting at Edinburgh University (1980-84), gaining an MA.
He worked for KPMG London (1984-1989), and qualified as a chartered accountant (FCA). He joined Philips Electronics UK in 1989 as an Internal Audit Manager, moving to Stockholm in 1996 to set up the Philips Nordic audit department. He also set up the world-wide Fraud Investigation Department for Philips Electronics NV.
Moving back to London in 2000, he joined De Beers
De Beers
De Beers is a family of companies that dominate the diamond, diamond mining, diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors. De Beers is active in every category of industrial diamond mining: open-pit, underground, large-scale alluvial, coastal and deep sea...
as Head of Audit to set up their new department.
In 2001 he left De Beers and set up his own internet company (www.kenfrost.com) which publishes a well known and popular network of websites covering a.o. politics, restaurant reviews, culture, cooking and current events under the "Living Brand" label.
An accomplished amateur chef, he has written a book Accountants Can Cook which is a compendium of his favourite recipes, coupled with a travelogue of the places that he has visited and experiences that he has enjoyed during the first 40 years of his life.
In 2005 he successfully led the opposition to plans by the ICAEW to merge with CIMA and CIPFA (www.icaew.info), the ICAEW lost the vote. He is well known in the profession.
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