Todd Baker

​Todd H. Baker is a former banking executive and law firm partner whose career trajectory led him from corporate law to C-suite strategic leadership roles at several of the largest domestic and international banks and roles as an academic, consultant, writer, speaker and commentator on banking, financial technology, consumer financial access and regulation issues. His deep knowledge of strategy, corporate governance, regulatory & public policy and competitive dynamics is combined with an extensive network of industry and government contacts built over long and varied career. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law and Public Policy at the Columbia Graduate School of Business and Columbia Law School, where he works on innovation and the digital transformation of financial services, with a special interest in emerging business models for both traditional banks and non-bank "FinTech" financial services providers. He is also a board member at the Opportunity Fund, the nation's leading nonprofit small business lender, a member of the Academic Research Council at the Urban Institute and a senior advisor to several financial technology firms. Mr. Baker has written for publications including the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and the American Banker, speaks frequently at industry conferences and is widely quoted in the financial and technology press as an industry expert.​

Education

• J.D. Stanford Law School (1978 — 1981)
• A.B. Dartmouth College (1974 — 1978)

Companies

• Advisory Board Member LexFin (2021)
• Limited Partner Advisor Nyca Partners (2020)
• Advisory Board Member Salarify (2019)
• Adjunct Professor Columbia Law School (2019)
• Adjunct Research Scholar Columbia Business School (2018)
• Senior Fellow, Richman Center for Business, Law and Public Policy Columbia University in the City of New York (2018)
• Academic Research Council, Housing Finance Policy Center The Urban Institute (2018)
• Member Board Of Directors Opportunity Fund (2018)
• Managing Principal Broadmoor Consulting LLC (2015)

Skills

• Corporate Strategy Formulation
• Regulatory Affairs
• Acquisitions

Other

Governmental Affairs, Restructuring, Securities, Corporate Law, Strategic Partnerships, Risk Management, Financial Modeling, Investments, Private Equity, Investor Relations, Corporate Governance, Due Diligence, Executive Management, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Corporate Development, Business Strategy, Mergers, Venture Capital, Banking, Strategy, Management, Corporate Finance, Financial Services, Mergers & Acquisitions