Prof. Kenneth McPhail
Head of Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

Ken McPhail is Head of Alliance Manchester Business School and Professor of Accounting at The University of Manchester. He was previously Deputy Head and Research Director at Alliance Manchester Business School. Before this, Ken was Vice Dean for Social Responsibility (2014-2017) within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Manchester. As Vice Dean, Ken oversaw the strategic development and implementation of the University's distinctive social responsibility agenda across five schools, 36 disciplines, 18,000 students and 1,800 academic and support staff. In addition, Ken also sat on the University's Social Responsibility Governance Group, chaired by the Vice Chancellor and Principle.
Ken’s work is focused on various aspects of accounting ethics and corporate accountability.  He has a PhD from the University of Dundee and a MA (Honours) degree in Accountancy & Computer Science from the Heriot-Watt University.