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Doug Baker is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Discovery Networks International. With more than 20 years of domestic and international financial management experience, Baker is responsible for leading all financial aspects of the division, including oversight of DNI’s regional CFOs in the UK, EMEA, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. He also serves as a key strategic partner to DNI President & CEO Mark Hollinger and regional Presidents and Managing Directors. Baker is based in Silver Spring.

Baker joined Discovery in 2005 as CFO for Discovery Commerce, where he led the company's efforts to evaluate and implement strategic alternatives for the division. He then assumed the role of CFO for Discovery Digital Media, Emerging Networks & Business Development, where he partnered with senior leadership to drive cohesion across multiple teams in order to establish financial, operating and strategic control functions for Discovery's Digital Media Division and Emerging Networks groups.

Prior to joining Discovery, Baker served in a variety of financial, operating and strategic roles primarily with leading consumer brand Hallmark. His responsibilities included headquarter assignments in Hallmark International's Finance and Treasury functions as well as regional leadership roles as Hallmark UK's Finance & Information Technology Director.

Baker earned an MBA in Operations Management from the University of Missouri – Kansas City and Bachelor of Science in Finance from Miami University (Ohio).