Biography

Jason Baker

Jason joined Foresters in July 2024, and was subsequently appointed Chief Risk and Compliance Officer in July 2025. Jason has over 30 years experience in the finance industry having spent the last 20 years in senior risk and compliance roles across a variety of financial services disciplines. He started his career in the life and pensions sector, working on the review of past pension business, before joining the Financial Services Authority (now Financial Conduct Authority) and supervising a number of life insurance firms and leading reviews of mortgage endowment sales. Jason was then Group Head of Risk for a global financial services group, Old Mutual where he was responsible for enhancing and implementing their risk management framework.

Before joining Foresters, Jason spent ten years leading risk and compliance teams in two general insurance brokers, both of whom were relatively new start-ups and growing rapidly through acquisitions. Jason studied Maths and Actuarial Studies at Southampton University. Outside of work Jason plays county tennis and is a qualified tennis referee and runs a number of tournaments throughout the year.