Panos Patatoukas

Panos N. Patatoukas is a tenured Associate Professor and the L.H. Penney Chair in Accounting at U.C. Berkeley, Haas School of Business. Prior to joining Berkeley Haas, Panos received his PhD, MPhil, and MA from Yale University, his MSc from the London School of Economics, and his BA in Accounting and Finance (class valedictorian) from Athens University of Economics and Business.

Panos’ research focuses on interdisciplinary capital markets research and informs questions related to (i) financial statement analysis and corporate valuation, (ii) cross- industry economic links and value creation along the supply chain, (iii) the properties of financial accounting data and corporate reporting practices, (iv) forecasting and nowcasting economic activity using financial accounting data, and (v) the measurement of economic activity in the national income and product accounts. Panos’ research interests overlap with his teaching at Berkeley Haas and his MBA course on Financial Information Analysis has proven to be an invaluable source of ideas that are relevant to academics and practitioners (a complete publication list is available here). 

Panos has received several prestigious research and teaching awards including the 2018 Distinguished Teaching Award of U.C. Berkeley, which is the highest award bestowed by the Chancellor of U.C. Berkeley for outstanding and meritorious teaching at the Berkeley campus, the 2017 Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award of the American Accounting Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Earl F. Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award (three times, for 2012, 2015, and 2017), which is the highest teaching award bestowed upon instructors by the MBA students at Berkeley Haas, and the 2013 Hellman Fellows Award, which is bestowed by the Chancellor of U.C. Berkeley for excellence in research. Panos has also been selected as top 10 Business School Professor under 40 by Fortune. 

Panos has served several terms as the PhD Field Advisor for the Accounting Group and as a member of the Evening and Weekend MBA Degree Program Committee at Berkeley Haas. Panos is also the founding Faculty Director of the Berkeley Executive Education program on Financial Data Analysis for Leaders. 

Panos also co-creates impactful custom programs for our corporate, government, and university partners.