Born: April 1, 1968
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Education: The King's School, University of Sydney, Regent College
1977 - Father Bruce Baird is appointed Australian Trade Commissioner and the family moves to New York.
1980 - The Bairds return to Sydney, and he begins high school at The King's School in Parramatta.
1988 - Graduates from University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts (Economics).
1989 - Enters the banking world with a graduate job at the National Australia Bank.
1990 - At age 21, he marries Kerryn Wadeisha, and they go on to have three children: Laura, Cate and Luke.
1995 - Decides to become an Anglican minister and begins Christian studies at the Regent College in Vancouver, but later abandons this path.
1999 - Unsuccessfully runs for Liberal preselection for Manly, and returns to the banking sector.
1999-2006 - Forges a successful banking career that takes him to London and Hong Kong. By 2006, he is HSBC's Australian Head of Institutional Banking.
2006 - Leaves the banking world again for another tilt at NSW politics, but after a brutal preselection campaign almost quits. John Howard convinces him to stay in the race.
2007 - Elected to NSW Legislative Assembly in the seat of Manly, ending a 16-year stretch in which independents held the seat.
2008 - Appointed shadow treasurer after holding the shadow portfolios of finance, energy, commerce and youth affairs.
2011 - Appointed treasurer after Barry O'Farrell takes the Coalition to a landslide victory.
2011 - Implements wages cap on NSW public service. No pay-rises above 2.5 per cent without productivity gains.
February 24, 2014 - Lockout laws implemented in Sydney CBD, but excluding the Star casino. The backlash would plague Baird's premiership, earning him the epithet "Casino Mike".
April 14, 2014 - Becomes the 44th Premier of NSW, after an uncontested leadership spill following Barry O'Farrell's resignation.
July 20, 2015 - Calls for GST to be raised to 15 per cent. Later says the failure to launch a plan for tax reform is his biggest political regret.
November 25, 2015 - Announces the $10 billion TransGrid deal, leased for 99 years to a consortium of overseas and local bidders.
March 28, 2015 - Re-elected Premier after a "poles and wires" election campaign. Promises ambitious infrastructure agenda: including expanded WestConnex motorway, Sydney Metro projects, Parramatta light rail.
May 12, 2016 - Announces forced mergers of councils across NSW, with existing councils sacked and 19 new councils proclaimed. The policy triggers a wave of legal action, which the government is still fighting in the courts.
June 3, 2016 - Concedes the government had not handled the WestConnex motorway consultation and property acquisition "as well as we should".
July 7, 2016 - Orders the greyhound industry be shut down from July 1, 2017, following an inquiry into cruelty in the industry.
October 11, 2016 - Backflips on the greyhounds ban, following significant backlash fuelled by radio shock jocks Alan Jones and Ray Hadley.
October 20, 2016 - Announces the $16 billion partial Ausgrid deal, leased for 99 years to two Australian pension funds.
November 14, 2016 - Announces a new $10 billion metro rail line between Sydney CBD and Parramatta, funding by the electricity sell-off.
November 15, 2016 - Overhauls the ICAC structure, replacing it with a three-member commission, forcing the current commissioner, Megan Latham, to reapply for the job. She resigns one week later.
December 8, 2016 - Relaxes lockout laws, adopting a two-year trial of a later 2:00am lockout and 3:30am last drinks for live entertainment venues, and extending takeaway alcohol purchases to 11pm.
