Vice president, risk management
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Chicago, IL
Over the past year, Hyatt Hotels’ earnings rose by 148%. Helping to keep the company profitable by managing its various risks is Mark Baker, who entered the hospitality risk management space in 2007 after spending years in the automotive industry, working for large auto suppliers Delphi and TRW Automotive. Apart from his duties at Hyatt, Baker is also an adjunct professor in the hospitality school at DePaul University in Chicago, and has served as a guest lecturer for Illinois State University’s risk management and MBA programs.
FAST FACT
The Hyatt portfolio includes 679 hotels and residences in 54 countries, including 75 four-diamond hotels
