He succeeds Anthony Habgood who, after nine successful years as chairman, announced in January his decision to step down from the board.
Baker has been an independent non-executive director on the Whitbread board since September 2009. He is currently chairman of Virgin Active Group, a role he has held since 2008, and chairman of DFS Furniture Holdings, where he has been since 2010.
He was previously chief executive of (Alliance) Boots Group from 2003 to 2007, and prior to that was chief operating officer at Asda group.
Source: Whitbread
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