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Phil Bakes joined BFC Financial Corporation as Executive Vice President & Managing Director in January 2004 to spearhead BFC’s business development and future growth.
Mr. Bakes’ career spans diverse industries and roles, including holding the top operating positions at two public companies, as well as both leading and advising merger, acquisition and financing activities in several industries. Prior to joining BFC, he was Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of a privately held leisure travel company, which grew through 21 acquisitions to one of the largest in its sector. He also served as president of a boutique Miami and New York based advisory and merchant banking firm, Sojourn Enterprises, which he founded in 1990. In the 1980s, Bakes held several senior posts in the US airline industry, including president of Continental Airlines and Eastern Airlines.
Mr. Bakes holds a BA from Chicago’s Loyola University and a JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. Mr. Bakes began his professional career after law school in the public sector in Washington, D.C., serving as a Watergate Special Prosecutor, general counsel to the Civil Aeronautics Board and counsel to the U.S. Senate Antitrust Subcommittee. | 