Mike Baker
The Diligence Advisory Board has included numerous senior leaders from the intelligence world, government and business. The non-executive Chairman is Judge William Webster, former Director of both the CIA and Federal Bureau of Investigation. Lord Charles Powell, former National Security Advisor to Margaret Thatcher, Mack McClarty, former Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton and several others have worked with Mike and the Diligence management team to create business opportunities and assist in the company’s growth strategy. Investors and partners have included Haley Barbour, the former Governor of Mississippi and Ed Mathias, senior partner of The Carlyle Group.
Mike is a regular contributor in the national and international media on intelligence, security, counterterrorist issues, geopolitical affairs and cybersecurity. He appears regularly on Fox News and CNN, as well as other major media outlets.
Represented by AGI Entertainment, Mike has cohosted television series including America Declassified and also World Access on the Travel Channel, and SPY on the UK’s Channel Four. He is a partner in Classified Trash, a television and film production company and is involved in the creation and development of television shows, and serves as a technical consultant and script advisor for feature films and television.
A former resident of New Canaan, Mike, his wife Emily and their three young sons now reside out West in Boise, Idaho.