Mark R. Baker

Biography

Mr. Baker is Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company. In 2005 Mr. Baker joined the Company as Senior Vice President & General Counsel and Secretary, in 2008 he became Executive Vice President, Corporate, in 2009 he became President of the Company and in March 2011 he was appointed Chief Executive of the Company. He became director of the Company in 2009. Prior to joining the Company Mr. Baker was Chief Business Officer and a director of New York Water Taxi, a privately-held ferry operation in New York City (2003-2005), Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Continental Grain Company, a privately-held international agri-business and financial concern (1997-2001) and a partner and Co-Chairman of the Capital Markets Group of Dewey Ballantine, a New York law firm (1979-1997). Mr. Baker serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy. Mr. Baker has an A.B. degree from Columbia College and a J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law.     

Research Interest

Pharmaceuticals field