James B. Baker

James B. Baker, Partner, joined River Associates in 1992. Mr. Baker was previously President and Chief Operating Officer of CONSTAR International, Inc., a major manufacturer of plastic containers, and a Fortune 500 company and Managing Director of Wellstar B. V., a European based plastic packaging joint venture. Prior to that, he was President of Baker Dixon Packaging, Inc., a distributor of packaging products(1982-1986); held various management positions with a publicly owned holding company with a concentration of investments in the packaging industry(1976-1982) and before that held various positions with Arthur Anderson & Co (1969-1976). Mr. Baker received his M.B.A. and B.S. degrees from The University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He currently serves on the board of directors of several publicly and privately owned businesses.