Darren G. Bernard University of Washington email: [email protected] Foster School of Business mobile: +1.206.247.6599 Paccar Hall 4273 E Stevens Way NE Seattle, WA 98195

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS John B. and Delores L. Fery Endowed Assistant Professor of Accounting Seattle, Washington University of Washington Foster School of Business July 2020-present

Assistant Professor of Accounting London, United Kingdom London Business School August 2016-June 2020

EDUCATION University of Washington Seattle, Washington Ph.D. in Business Administration (Accounting) June 2016

University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota B.S.B. (Accounting, Finance, Entrepreneurial Management) Summa cum laude, May 2008

RESEARCH Peer-Reviewed Publications Bernard, D., Ge, W., Matsumoto, D., Toynbee, S. Implied Tradeoffs of CFO Accounting Expertise: Evidence from Firm-Manager Matching. Forthcoming at Management Science.

Bernard, D., Blackburne, T., Thornock, J., 2020. Information Flows among Rivals and Corporate Investment. Journal of Financial Economics 136, 760-779.

Bernard, D., Burgstahler, D., Kaya, D., 2018. Size Management by European Private Firms to Minimize Proprietary Costs of Disclosure. Journal of Accounting and Economics 66, 94-122.

Bernard, D., Cade, N., Hodge, F., 2018. Investor Behavior and the Benefits of Direct Stock Ownership. Journal of Accounting Research 56, 431-466.

Bernard, D., 2016. Is the Risk of Product Market Predation a Cost of Disclosure? Journal of Accounting and Economics 62, 305-325.

Working Papers Balakrishnan, K., Bernard, D. Public Information and Capital Flows: Evidence from a Betting Market.

Bernard, D., Cade, N., Connors, E. Are Managers Susceptible to the Ostrich Effect?

Bernard, D., Burgstahler, D., Kaya, D. Disclosure Incentives and Data Availability for Private Firms: Implications for Comparisons of Public and Private Firm Financial Reporting Quality.

Bernard, D., Kaya, D., Wertz, J. Entry and Capital Structure Mimicking in Concentrated Markets: The Role of Incumbents’ Financial Disclosures.

Bernard, D., Kapparov, M. Inferences about the Quality of Assets Offered for Sale: Evidence from the Market for “Glue”.

TEACHING 2019-2020 London Business School / PhD Seminar on Topics in Accounting Research (co-taught) 2017-2019 London Business School / Masters in Finance Core Financial Accounting and Analysis (co-taught) 2016-2019 London Business School / Masters in Finance Preparatory Accounting 2016-2017 London Business School / MBA Special Accounting Tutorial: Free Cash Flow 2012-2014 University of Washington / Incoming Ph.D. Math and Economics Boot Camp 2012-2015 University of Washington / Full-time MBA Intro Financial Accounting (teaching assistant) 2014 University of Washington / Undergraduate Intro Financial Accounting (teaching assistant)

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION 2019-2020 Columbia Business School Junior Accounting Faculty Conference 2019 JAE Conference 2016-2019 LBS Symposium 2018 Colorado Summer Accounting Research Conference 2017 JAR Registered Reports Conference 2011-2015 UBCOW Conference 2015 AAA Western Regional Meeting (presenter), German Academic Association for Business Research Conference (presenter and discussant), AAA Annual Meeting (presenter and discussant), JAE Conference (presenter) 2014 AAA Doctoral Consortium 2013 AAA FARS Mid-Year Meeting and Doctoral Consortium, JAE Conference

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2020 Reviewer – AAA Annual Meeting (Excellence in Reviewing Award), CAR, EAA Annual Meeting, JAE, JAR 2019 Reviewer – CAR, MS, JAE, JAR, TAR 2018 Reviewer – AAA FARS Mid-Year Meeting, CAR, JAE, TAR 2017 Reviewer – AAA FARS Mid-Year Meeting, CAR, JAE, JBF, TAR 2016 Reviewer – TAR 2015 Reviewer – AAA Annual Meeting, AAA Western Region Meeting, CAR, TAR 2013 Reviewer – AAA Annual Meeting, AAA FARS Mid-Year Meeting

INVITED WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS 2019 Humboldt University of Berlin, Washington University St. Louis, University of Washington, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Texas Austin 2018 University of Pittsburgh 2016 London Business School, Stanford, Harvard, MIT, Wharton, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Colorado Boulder, Boston College

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE and CERTIFICATIONS 2010 Certified Public Accountant State of Wisconsin 2009-2010 Deloitte Tax, LLP International Tax Consultant II McLean, Virginia

July 2020