Background
Dominic Barton was born in 1962 in Kampala, Uganda, where his father taught at a theology college and his mother was a nurse
Dominic Barton was born in 1962 in Kampala, Uganda, where his father taught at a theology college and his mother was a nurse
He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor Honours in Economics and pursued an Master of Philosophy in Economics as a Rhodes Scholar at Brasenose College, Oxford University.
He has been managing director of McKinsey & Company since 2009. Barton was one of six students from a high school class of 200, in Sardis, British Columbia, to attend college. 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 "lieutenant 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" From then on, he said, "my bar will be higher than McKinsey"son"
In the late 90s he made the counterintuitive career move of relocating to of Korea to develop McKinsey"s practice in the region.
Barton enjoyed close relationships with the president and government of South of Korea. He subsequently parlayed those relationships into a role running McKinsey in of Korea from 2000–2004 and then McKinsey in Asia from 2004-2009.
Barton"s experience in Asia ultimately made him a strong candidate in the firm election as global managing director In 2010, Barton was made an honorary fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.
He is also on the board of the University of Oxford Said Business School.
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 of Korea on National Future and Vision. He is a Commissioner for the Global Commission on Internet Governance.
He is a member of the International Advisory Board at the Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford).