This work often focuses on entrepreneurs and privately held firms, and examines bank monitoring, bank specialization, hard and soft information, financial regulation, and relationship lending. Sutherland previously worked as a consultant advising companies throughout the U.S. and Latin America on valuation, investment policy, performance measurement, and executive compensation.He holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and a PhD from the University of Chicago. He teaches in the MBA and Master of Finance programs at MIT Sloan.