Peter Frank
Peter Frank served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Daymon Worldwide from 2001 – 2005. He currently remains a member of the Daymon Board of Directors.
Prior to working with Daymon, Peter worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he served as part of its Global Leadership and as Global Risk Management Partner. Before the merger with Coopers & Lybrand, he was a Vice Chairman at Price Waterhouse, with responsibilities for Risk Management, Ethics, Practice Protection, the Office of General Counsel, and the firm’s operations in Asia. Peter helped plan, execute and implement the Price Waterhouse/Coopers & Lybrand merger, was responsible for Regulatory Affairs, and helped design and negotiate the restructure of PwC, separating its audit/tax and related businesses from certain of its consulting lines.
Peter spent most of his professional career leading the Price Waterhouse Bankruptcy, Business Turnaround and Dispute Analysis practice. He served on Price Waterhouse's Policy Board (Board of Directors) and its Management Committee. For more than 30 years he acted as a management consultant and expert witness for litigation, government and industrial clients. Peter’s expertise was applied in engagements involving analyses of economic, liability and damages issues in connection with expert testimony; strategic and financial planning; information and cost systems design and implementation; and feasibility studies and valuations.
In 1991, Peter was Consultant to the “Christopher Commission’s” study of the Los Angeles Police Department and the alleged excessive use of force. In 1992, he acted as Special Consultant for the Los Angeles Police Commission study (the “Webster Commission”), organized to assess the city agencies’ response following the riots in Los Angeles.
Over the years Peter has authored or contributed to a long list of professional publications including: Litigation Services Handbook: The Role of the Accountant as Expert Witness (John Wiley & Sons, Third Edition, 2001), co-editor Bernacchi on Computer Law: A Guide to the Legal and Management Aspects of Computer Technology (Little, Brown, 1986; Annual Suppl. 1989-1998), co-authorAICPA Consulting Services Practice Aid 93-4, 1993, co-author Punitive Damages and Business Torts: A Practitioner’s Handbook (ABA, 1998), contributing author
Financial Valuation: Businesses and Business Interests (Maxwell Macmillan, 1990 plus suppl.), contributing author
Peter is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He served on the Management Advisory Services (MAS) Executive Committee (1989-1994) and the Professional Ethics Executive Committee (1995-1996) of the American Institute of CPAs, and founded/chaired the AICPA Subcommittee on Litigation Services (1990-1994). He is licensed in, and a member of, the California, New York, Connecticut and New Mexico Societies of CPAs.