Gerard Baker is a British writer and columnist. He was Dow Jones' Managing Editor, and The Wall Street Journals Editor-in-Chief from March 2013 until June 2018. Baker stepped down as WSJ Editor-in-Chief and transitioned into the role of Editor-at-Large. He was succeeded by WSJ executive editor Matt Murray. Early life and education Baker was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, United Kingdom and holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (first class honours). Baker is a British citizen. He was left-of-centre during his university years, and was elected as a Labour vice-president of the student union. He subsequently moved towards the right. Career Baker's first job following graduation was at the Bank of England. After working there for a year, he moved to Lloyds Bank as a Latin America analyst. From 1988 to 1994, Baker worked for the BBC as a producer in the UK and in the US, and worked as economics correspondent for BBC Radio and television. From 1994 to 2004, Baker worked for the Financial Times. From 1994 to 1998, he worked as its correspondent in Tokyo, Japan; from 1998 to 2002, as its Washington, DC, bureau chief; and from 2002 to 2004, as its chief US commentator and associate editor. From 2004 to 2009, Baker worked for The Times as its US editor and as an assistant editor. The Wall Street Journal In January 2009, Baker moved to The Wall Street Journal, becoming the newspaper's deputy editor-in-chief. As deputy editor-in-chief, Baker (then serving under Robert Thomson) replaced Journal reporters and bureau chiefs who they felt were too liberal. Baker was then dismissive of "what he saw as the turgid style of American journalists." In 2009, a year after their appointment, Thomson and Baker were reported to have given the newspaper a more conservative outlook and, according to David Carr of The New York Times, their editing reflected "a chronic skepticism of the" Obama administration. On 1 March 2013, he was named the Dow Jones Managing Editor, and The Wall Street Journals Editor-in-Chief. Baker's tenure at the Journal was a tumultuous one, with buyouts, layoffs and discontent among some reporters. In 2015, the Journal began a new round of large-scale layoffs of reporters and staff. Some sections of the paper's print edition, including Greater New York, were cut, while others were consolidated. The Journal also undertook "a sweeping newsroom strategy review" called WSJ2020, in a bid