Dominic Barton
| Dominic Barton | |
|---|---|
 Dominic Barton at the 2009 World Economic Forum | |
| Born | 1962 |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Alma mater |
University of British Columbia Brasenose College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Consultant, Management expert |
| Employer | McKinsey & Company, Inc. |
| Title | Senior Partner and Worldwide Managing Director |
Dominic "Dom" Barton (born 1962) is a longtime top senior partner and director at management consultancy McKinsey & Company, and has served as its managing director (chief executive) since 2009. He graduated from the University of British Columbia and pursued an MPhil in Economics as a Rhodes Scholar at Brasenose College, Oxford University.
Career
Barton was one of six students from a high school class of 200, in Sardis, British Columbia, to attend college. After studying Economics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, he won a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University. He began his career as a currency analyst at Rothschild.
He joined McKinsey's Toronto office in 1986 and had a difficult time making partner, saying "It took me three times before I was elected a partner....I was working hard and I was rejected….it was a bit of a slap in the head." [1] From then on, he said, "my bar will be higher than McKinsey's." [2]
In the late 90s he made the then-counterintuitive career move of relocating to Korea to develop McKinsey's practice in the region. Barton enjoyed close relationships with the president and government of South Korea.[3]
[4] He subsequently parlayed those relationships into a role running McKinsey in Korea from 2000–2004 and then McKinsey in Asia from 2004-2009.[5] Barton's experience in Asia ultimately made him a strong candidate in the firm election as global managing director.[2]
In 2010, Barton was made an honorary fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford. Some of his contemporaries from Oxford include: William O'Chee, David Cameron, Andrew Feldman and Guy Spier.
He is the author of China Vignettes: An Inside Look at China, a trustee of the Rhodes Trust and the Brookings Institution, and Chairman of the International Advisory Committee to the President of South Korea on National Future and Vision.
References
- ↑ "The Popped Kernel: A Conversation with Dominic Barton of McKinsey & Company". Thepoppedkernel.blogspot.com. 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Joanna Pachner. "McKinsey & Co.: The man behind the curtain | Managing | Strategy | Canadian Business Online". Canadianbusiness.com. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ↑ Unknown author (April 24, 2013). "Dominic Barton, Biographical Summary". Boardroom Insiders. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.boardroominsiders.com/executive-profiles/7315/McKinsey-&-Company/Dominic-Barton
- ↑ "The Rhodes Trust and Trustees - The Rhodes Trust". Rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
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| Preceded by Ian Davis |
Managing director of McKinsey & Company, Inc. 2009– |
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