Crawford Spence is Professor at King's College London who has published extensively across the disciplines of accounting, management and sociology. An eclectic set of interests has taken him down different intellectual paths. While based in accounting he draws from the wider social sciences, notably political theory and sociology in order to understand calculation, valuation, financial expertise and financial intermediation, as well as the roles that these play in structuring the economy and society. he has undertaken major projects looking at corporate accountability, careers in Professional Service Firms, audit & AI and the congealed nature of financial intermediation.