In 1978 Ken joined Burgess Hodgson as a trainee. He qualified in 1982, and became a partner in 1984. In his Institute of Chartered Accountants exams Ken was placed third in the overall order of merit, and won the prize for the taxation paper. He then took the specialised Chartered Institute of Taxation exams in 1983 and came first overall, winning the prizes for the papers on personal and capital taxation.

Ken specialises in tax, but is also heavily involved in mergers and acquisitions, both from a taxation and corporate finance point of view. His taxation experience covers the entire range of clients, from personal clients through to complex company tax planning, VAT and investigations, including those for the Special Compliance Office, and large matrimonial cases. On the corporate finance side he has been involved with numerous sales and purchases of companies, fund-raising, flotation, stock exchange reporting and a £75m public to private take-over.

When not occupied with work and family, Ken enjoys running, cycling and climbing, sometimes combining all three in the form of long distance mountain races. Ken has climbed extensively in the UK and overseas, including a two-hour ascent of the Matterhorn.