Kirstin Baker CBE
Biography
Kirstin Baker was appointed a Panel Inquiry Chair and Panel Member Non-Executive Director of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Board on 1 September 2018. She is also a member of the Audit and Risk Committee. She stepped down from the board in March 2024 but remains a Panel Inquiry Chair.
Kirstin had a long career in the civil service and was most recently HM Treasury’s Finance and Commercial Director. Earlier in her career Kirstin was part of the senior team leading the Treasury’s response to the banking crisis and was awarded a CBE for this work.
Kirstin has also worked as a competition official in the European Commission, as an EU policy adviser in the Cabinet Office and as a senior civil servant in the Scottish Government, leading work on infrastructure investment banks.
Previous career highlights include:
- Panel member, Non-Executive Director, CMA
- Member, Competition Appeal Tribunal
- Group Finance and Commercial Director, HM Treasury
- Non-executive Director, UK Financial Investments