Luke Baker

Founder and Managing Director

Planetary Scale

Jan 2023 - Current (3 years 6 months)

We partner with climate-focused founders and leadership teams to increase access to capital, accelerate growth, and de-risk the pathway to massive impact.

Interim CFO

Circ

Jul 2022 - Jun 2023 (1 year)

At Circ, we’re on a mission to protect the planet from the cost of clothing. We’ve created a technology system that returns clothes to the raw materials from which they were made. We’ve discovered a path to erase our global fashion footprint.

Consulting CFO and Startup Advisor

TSQ Advisors

Jul 2021 - Apr 2024 (2 years 10 months)

TSQ Advisors provides bespoke financial and strategic advisory services for venture-backed and high-growth enterprises. I worked closely with founders and CEOs with a focus on business model development, financial planning and modeling, fundraising strategy and execution, board and investor relations, strategic thought-partnership and decision-making support. Clients ranged from Pre-Seed to Series C with backing from world-class investors such as A16Z, Khosla Ventures, Tiger Global, Crosslink Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, ENIAC, Pathbreaker, and Y Combinator.

Interim CEO

Shared Studios

Jan 2019 - May 2021 (2 years 5 months)

Purpose-driven startup building global cultural connections via immersive, life-sized video interactions. As interim CEO, led the transformation of a fledgling art project into a fast-growing startup with $4mm+ annual revenue and 25 full-time staff around the world.

Venture Architect

BCG Digital Ventures

Jul 2017 - Jan 2018 (7 months)

Worked with corporate partners to ideate, incubate, and scale new ventures.

Principal, Project Leader, Consultant

Boston Consulting Group BCG

Jan 2014 - Dec 2018 (5 years)

Led transformational consulting engagements with sector-leading organizations in Nth America, LATAM, and the Middle East focused on customer experience, operational performance, and organizational effectiveness across hardware, software, financial services, air travel, consumer goods, primary industries, and government.

Management Intern

Yalo

Sep 2013 - Dec 2013 (4 months)

Worked alongside founder to develop and deploy initial GTM strategy

Summer Consultant

The Boston Consulting Group

Jun 2012 - Aug 2012 (3 months)

Diving Platoon Commander and Operations Officer

Royal Australian Navy

Jan 2009 - Sep 2011 (2 years 9 months)

Led elite teams of Australian Clearance Divers and Commandos on counter-terrorism, counter-piracy, and maritime security missions in the Middle East, Horn of Africa, and Southeast Asia.

Clearance Diving Officer course

Royal Australian Navy

Jan 2008 - Dec 2008 (1 year)

Completed the Royal Australian Navy’s Clearance Diving Officer course, an intensive and highly-selective program in combat diving, underwater demolitions, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), mine countermeasures, escape & evasion, and maritime tactical operations. Qualified to plan and lead sensitive, high-risk & clandestine maritime missions in contested conditions.

Junior Warfare Officer

Royal Australian Navy

Jan 2006 - Dec 2007 (2 years)

Bridge watchkeeping and navigational duties for Australia's Mine Clearance fleet.

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