Vistra, a service provider to companies and private capital funds, including HR, tax and regulatory compliance, has appointed Caroline Baker to the newly-created role of Country Managing Director for North America.
According to a statement, the appointment forms part of Vistra’s strategy to grow its brand in the US and Canada, which has already seen the company appoint Kristen Badgley to lead the US corporate solutions commercial team and Chris Murphy in the US fund solutions team.
Baker, who will report to Jonathan Ferrara, Regional Managing Director for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Channel Islands, India, Americas and Middle East, began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Montreal, before moving to Sydney, London and Singapore. She then became CFO at Chandler Corporation, an investment firm with $5bn of listed, private equity and real-estate investments across Asia.
Baker joined Vistra in Singapore in 2014 where she has held various leadership roles in alternative investments, private equity and country management. She moved to Canada in 2018 to establish the Toronto office before returning to Singapore as Managing Director for Southeast Asia. This year, she relocated back to Montreal, where she is currently based, and is now both the CMD for North America and Global Head of Operations for Funds.
In her funds role, she supports Abdel Hmitti, Global Head of Funds, and the broader funds business unit with relationships across Vistra’s global funds markets including Asia, Europe and the US.
