Employee Stock Ownership Plan
At BakerRisk, every project is personal. As a 100% Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, our employee-owners have a direct stake in the success of every client, every project, and every outcome. When you partner with BakerRisk, you work with professionals who think like owners — because they are owners.
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For Our Clients
Choosing BakerRisk means choosing a team personally invested in delivering exceptional results. Because every employee has a vested interest in the company’s long-term success, our clients benefit from greater engagement, stronger accountability, and a team committed to delivering lasting value.
Our Culture
For BakerRisk’s employee-owners, it’s not just about retirement benefits — it is our mindset in everything we do. Being an employee-owner drives:
Our employee-owners don’t need permission to flag a problem or push back on a shortcut — we are accountable for the outcome, so we act like it. That accountability carries past the current project — we think about the next ten years of a client relationship, not just the next deliverable.
Testimonials
“To me, being part of an employee-owned company means taking pride in where you work and caring about the company as if it were your own. I don’t just want to come to work, do my job, and go home. If I see something that needs to be done or could be improved, I want to step in and support. Whether it’s cleaning the windows, painting the curbs, making sure our building is clean and presentable, or greeting our guests with a warm and friendly welcome, I take pride in making our workplace a better place for everyone. I want our employees, visitors, and guests to feel comfortable and welcome when they walk through our doors. To me, that’s what ownership is about caring about the little things because they make a difference.”
Maria LopezAdministrative Assistant
“After working within BakerRisk through the transition to an ESOP, I’ve observed the company gradually change for the better as employees finally grasp that they are owners of the company. Being an owner allows you to see how your own work, and that of others, contributes to the company’s success. Staff now know that if the company does well, they do well, which helps everyone row in the same direction.”
Bill MatherVice President, Process Safety
“As an employee, being part of an employee owned company means to me that the beneficiaries of the profits we make as a company are my colleagues and myself, rather than outside shareholders we may never meet. Additionally, my colleagues and I will often talk about BakerRisk not merely as employees and co-workers, but as fellow stockholders and part-owners.
As an investor, it means that I hold stock in a company with which I am intimately familiar with a mission that I support and a future about which I am optimistic. Furthermore, this stock is not available to the general public and therefore offers a unique investment opportunity with some insulation from market volatility, as the stock value is determined by a valuation firm based on company fundamentals rather than by the whims of a market that sometimes undervalues or overvalues stocks.”
Todd Drennan
Mission
Our Commitment
Our clients rely on BakerRisk to protect their people, assets, and operations, using process safety, risk management, and engineering expertise built up over more than 40 years.
Employee ownership helps us consistently deliver on that commitment: when our people’s interests align with our clients’ interests, there is less incentive to cut corners.
Whether you’re evaluating BakerRisk as an engineering partner or as a place to build a career, the ownership structure is worth asking about. It’s not the norm in engineering consulting, and it changes how decisions get made.
Vision
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