Clark D. Baker

Mr. Baker joined the Harbinger Capital Partners investment team in January 2008.
Before joining the team, Mr. Baker was an exclusive consultant for the Harbinger Capital Partners Funds, focusing primarily on financial structures and mortgage-related products.
Prior to working for HMC, Mr. Baker was a Portfolio Manager in the London office of Elliott Management, a multi-billion dollar event driven hedge fund founded in 1977.
Prior to joining Elliott, he worked primarily as a High Yield research analyst at Barclays Capital covering various industrial, technology, and financial sectors.' Before joining Barclays, Mr. Baker worked at NationsBanc Capital Markets (now Bank of America), where he served as both a High Grade and a High Yield/Distressed analyst covering the paper and packaging, defense/aerospace, and financial services sectors.
He began his career in 1988 with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation working with failed and failing banks and savings and loans during the Texas banking and S&L crisis.
Mr. Baker holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from Duke Universities Fuqua School of Business and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Fort Hays State University.