Dominic Barton
Business executive, author and diplomat
Dominic Barton is a Canadian business executive, author and diplomat who led McKinsey & Company as its global managing director.
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Canadian Born 1962 in Kampala, Uganda
About Dominic Barton
Born in 1962, Dominic Barton is known in China as Bao Damin. He ran McKinsey & Company worldwide as its global managing director between 2009 and 2018. From 2019 to 2021 he was Canada's ambassador to China, and he also held the post of chancellor at the University of Waterloo between 2018 and 2024. In 2022 he took over as head of the management board at LeapFrog Investments, a private firm that invests in emerging markets with a social and environmental focus. That year he also became chair of the board at Rio Tinto. He studied economics at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a Master of Philosophy. He has also advised Canadian governments of both the Liberal and Conservative parties on public sector change and economic growth. His book in our catalog is Talent Wins.