Katherine Baker

Partner

Based in Bespoke’s Austin office, Katherine co-leads the CEO, Board, & P&L Practice and is a GTM Practice expert to help build the executive teams for private equity backed software and technology companies. Over the last 6 years Katherine has completed over 150 searches for firms such as WCAS, Francisco Partners, Clearlake Capital, Insight Partners, TA Associates, Providence Equity, and more.

Prior to joining Bespoke in 2017, Katherine focused on recruiting Finance executives across all industries including SAAS, Biotech, Energy, and Defense from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups. She has led dozens of placement searches that have resulted in portfolio company exits, and billions of dollars of total transaction value creation.

Katherine graduated from the University of San Diego with a bachelor’s degree in finance with a minor in Spanish.

On the weekend you can find her spending time with her husband and running, hiking, doing yoga, enjoying a spicy mezcal margarita and what San Diego has to offer!

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By the Numbers

10+

Countries visited

520,000

Average steps per year at Torrey Pines National Park

5

Average workouts a week

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