Darren S. Cordier, CFA

 

Darren S. Cordier is a Senior Consulting Specialist with Business Valuation Advisors LLC ("BVA"). Mr. Cordier specializes in valuation consulting services and the appraisal of businesses, business interests, intangible assets, and financial instruments.  Since beginning his valuation career in 1994, Mr. Cordier has performed valuations for a variety of purposes including fairness opinions, transaction advisory services, litigation support, valuations for tax purposes and employee stock ownership plans, and other studies concerning intangible assets of both closely held and public companies.

 

BVA is one of the largest business valuation and litigation consulting firms in the Southwest, serving public and private clients nationwide.  BVA was formed in 1974 as a specialty boutique focused on two service areas: Valuation and Litigation Consulting.  We are experts in the valuation of businesses and intangible assets, as well as in the analysis required in commercial litigation matters, such as economic damages, lost profits, business valuation, and intellectual property infringement.

 

 

Prior Experience:

·         Director with Business Valuation Advisors LLC

 

·         Senior Manager at Grant Thornton LLP’s Valuation Services Group

 

·         Engagement Director at American Appraisal Associates in the Financial  Valuation

     Group

 

·         Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young LLP in the Valuation Services Group

 

·         Hundreds of valuations completed in a variety of industries

 

Education:

          Bachelor of Business Administration                    University of Texas at Austin

          Master in Business Administration                       Texas Christian University

American Society of Appraisers                         Business Valuation Courses, Levels I–IV

Various continuing education and self-study on topics in accounting, valuation, finance,

    and law

 

Professional Memberships/Accreditations:

Chartered Financial Analyst Designee and Member, CFA Institute®

Member, Dallas Society of Financial Analysts

Candidate Member, American Society of Appraisers

Member, Appraisal Issues Task Force

 

Publications and Speeches:

Co-author and co-course developer, Exploring Issues in Valuing Stock Options and Other

    Assets You Can’t See, (AICPA, 2002, 2003)

Contributing author, Financial Valuation: Applications and Models (John Wiley and Sons,

    Inc. 2003)

Reviewer, Valuation for Financial Reporting, (John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2002)

Past presenter on various valuation topics before various professional groups

 

 
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