Tan Sri Dato' Seri Mohd Bakke was the Chairman of Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) a position he held from 1 July 2019 until 30 April 2020. Prior to that he was the Acting President and Group Chief Executive at Sime Darby Berhad from July 2010 and later confirmed in the position in November 2010. Post-demerger of Sime Darby Group in November 2017, he was appointed Executive Deputy Chairman and Managing Director (MD) of Sime Darby Plantation Berhad until his retirement at the end of June 2019.

Before joining Sime Darby Berhad in July 2010, Tan Sri Dato' Seri Mohd Bakke was the Group MD of Felda Holdings Berhad in 2005 and subsequently, the Group President and CEO of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) in January 2009. He was the Group MD and CEO of Lembaga Tabung Haji from 2001 to 2005 and served as the Chairman of Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad from April 2008 to July 2010.

He started his career in Malaysia in 1983 as an Audit Senior at Ernst & Young before joining Caltex Oil Malaysia Ltd as the Head of Internal Audit in 1984. He later joined Citibank Kuala Lumpur as the Head of Audit Division for Malaysia and Brunei in 1985, and subsequently became the Assistant Vice-President of the Real Estate Division until 1988. He then joined Island & Peninsular Berhad as the Chief Financial Officer and later became the General Manager (GM) of the Plantation Division and subsequently promoted to Group GM before leaving in 1993. Subsequently, he was appointed MD of Electra House Sdn Bhd and later joined Syarikat Perumahan Pegawai Kerajaan Sdn Bhd as MD from 1994 to 1998 and Federal Power Sdn Bhd from 1998 to 1999. He also served as Director, Property Division of Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad from 1999 to 2001.

He is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) and Council Member of Yayasan Sime Darby.