accounting founded 1969 products professional services revenue 2.6 billion usd 2011 1 website pkf.com pkf international previously known as pannell kerr forster is a global network of accountancy firms . member firms operate under the pkf brand in 440 cities and operate in 150 countries across 5 continents . in 2010 pkf international was ranked the 10th largest global accounting network with aggregate fee income of 2.6 billion for member firms in the year ended june 2010 . 2 history edit pannell kerr forster 3 4 was founded in 1969 when four accountancy firms from australia canada the united kingdom and the united states joined together to create an international association . the four firms were pannell fitzpatrick & co founded in 1869 by william henry pannell uk ; harris kerr forster & co founded in 1911 as harris kerr & co by william harris & errol kerr and in 1923 as wj forster & co by william forster usa ; campbell sharp nash & field canada ; and wilson bishop bowes & craig australia . in 1980 member firms decided to use pannell kerr forster as their common brand name to create an international accountancy brand . in 2000 member firms decided to shorten their name to pkf . member firms are now adopting this name in their home markets or adding pkf as a prefix to the existing firm name . as of january 2011 update over 21 000 staff were employed by pkf international member firms . 2 references edit about us pkf international . retrieved 2012 11 12 . a b pkf international network now ranked 10th in the world pkf . citing international accounting bulletin january 2011 . about us history . retrieved 2010 12 15 . archived july 15 2011 at the wayback machine . pannell kerr forster simplified family tree of the firm icaew 2005 external links edit official website this article about a corporation in the service industry is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pkf international & oldid 719732217 categories pkfcompanies established in 1969accounting firmsservice company stubshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles containing potentially dated statements from january 2011all articles containing potentially dated statementsall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 11 may 2016 at 12 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view