Panos N. Patatoukas is Professor and the L.H. Penney Chair in Accounting at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. He holds a PhD from Yale University and an MSc from the London School of Economics.
His research centers on corporate financial reporting, financial statement analysis, and valuation; extends that fundamentals-based lens to corporate sustainability reporting, carbon accounting, and sustainable finance; and pioneers the integration of financial and alternative data—from satellite imagery to carbon emissions—into forecasting and valuation. His work has been published in leading academic journals and featured in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Atlantic, and Marketplace.
Panos is a two-time recipient of the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award, awarded by the American Accounting Association and the AICPA. He received the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award, the university’s highest honor for teaching, and is a five-time recipient of the Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching from Berkeley Haas students. He was also named a Top-10 Business School Professor Under 40 by Fortune.
He currently serves as Chair of the Accounting Group and Faculty Co-Director of the Sustainable & Impact Finance Initiative, and previously served as Director of the Center for Financial Reporting and Management.
Panos is committed to expanding access to financial education and translating academic insights into real-world impact. He has developed and led executive education programs including Financial Data Analysis for Leaders, the Sustainable Investing Program, Intelligent Investing for Everyone, and Corporate Finance Fundamentals for Lawyers, along with custom programs for Fortune 500 companies, privately held firms, and startups. He also directs the Economic Equity and Financial Education Program in collaboration with the PG&E Corporation Foundation.
Panos co-founded Yowlo, a public-benefit fintech corporation focused on democratizing financial data analysis and valuation for everyday investors, and serves as a regular panelist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Survey of Professional Forecasters, the oldest quarterly macroeconomic survey in the United States.
