Ken is Chairman of The Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria and Director of the RBGV Foundation. Chairman, The Australian New Zealand College of Anaesthesia Research Foundation Leadership Circle, Director of the Australian Dental Association Evident Research Foundation, Ambassador Royal Children’s Hospital Leadership Circle, Director, Barwon Health Foundation and Research Leadership Circle, Trustee National Trust of Victoria Foundation, Director Melbourne Opera, Chairman, Northern Bay College Challenge, as well as several other not for profit entities.

Ken was awarded Member (AM) in the general division of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday honours 2016 for significant service to the community through financial support and senior roles with horticultural, social welfare, medical & cultural groups. He was also awarded KSJ by the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem in June 2019 for service to the poor.