Vistra, a provider of business services to companies and funds, has appointed Caroline Baker as country managing director for North America.
The newly created role highlights the company’s strategy to grow its brand and scale in the United States and Canada. Vistra’s expansion in North America is already underway with the recent appointments of Kristen Badgley to lead the US corporate solutions commercial team and Chris Murphy to the US fund solutions team.
Baker reports to Jonathan Ferrara, regional managing director for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Channel Islands, India, Americas, and the Middle East.
Baker began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Montreal, before moving to Sydney, London, and Singapore. She then became chief financial officer at a large investment frm with US$5 billion of listed, private equity and real estate investments across Asia.
She joined Vistra in Singapore in 2014 and held various leadership roles in alternative investments, private equity, and country management. In 2018, she moved to Canada to establish the Toronto office before returning to Singapore as managing director for Southeast Asia. In 2024, she relocated back to Montreal, where she is now both the country managing director 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 key global relationships and connections across Vistra's global funds markets including Asia, Europe and the US. Vistra works with almost 70% of Private Equity International's top 300 funds by facilitating the rapid deployment of private capital worldwide and ultimately helping its clients achieve their fund growth goals.
Baker is a chartered professional accountant and member of CPA Canada, with a bachelor's degree and post-graduate diploma, majoring in accounting, from Concordia University in Montreal. A native English speaker, she is also fluent in French.
