Dominic Barton
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Dominic "Dom" Barton is a longtime top senior partner and director at management consultancy McKinsey & Company
, serving as its current 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.
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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." From then on, he said, "my bar will be higher than McKinsey's."
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. He subsequently parlayed those relationships into a role running McKinsey in 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.
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.
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company, Inc. is a global management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management. McKinsey serves as an adviser to many businesses, governments, and institutions...
, serving as its current managing director (chief executive) since 2009. He graduated from the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
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 to attend college. After the studying at the University of British Columbia he won a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University. He began his career as a currency analyst at RothschildN M Rothschild & Sons
N M Rothschild & Sons is a private investment banking company, belonging to the Rothschild family...
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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." From then on, he said, "my bar will be higher than McKinsey's."
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. He subsequently parlayed those relationships into a role running McKinsey in 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.
He is the author of China Vignettes: An Inside Look at China, a trustee of the Rhodes Trust and the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
, and Chairman of the International Advisory Committee to the President of South Korea on National Future and Vision.