Kenneth Baily is a managing Director of the McLean Group’s San Diego office.  He has more than 25 years experience in financial management and professional consulting.  His experience includes performing professional business valuations of small and middle market companies for purposes of ERISA, acquisitions, divestitures, estate planning, shareholder divorce, litigation support, and marital divorce; employment in financial management as CFO, Controller, Director of Tax and Accounting Services, Employee Benefits Counsel, and Director of Information Services; employment with law firms specializing in tax consulting, tax litigation, estate planning and tax exempt organizations; and employment with CPA firms specializing in tax consulting and compliance.

His financial management experience has included several stints with companies generally perceived to be candidates for workouts/turnarounds in various manufacturing, service and non-profit companies. He has testified as an expert witness regarding economic damages in the context of a dissenting shareholder action involving a billion dollar publicly traded REIT and the purchase of a captive insurance company from the children of the Chairman of the Board of Directors

He is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in California, Oklahoma and Oregon; as an attorney in Oklahoma and as a Real Estate Broker in California.  In addition, he holds the CVA, ABV certifications and is admitted to the U.S. Tax Court. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, California Society of Certified Public Accountants - Litigation Services Committee, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, Oklahoma Bar Association, The National Center for Employee Ownership, and The Forensic CPA Society.

Ken was educated at the California State University at Dominquez Hills where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Concentration in Accounting, and at Oral Roberts University where he earned a Masters in Business Administration and Juris Doctorate.