Dominic Barton

Dominic Barton
Dominic Barton at the 2009 World Economic Forum
Born	1962
Citizenship	Canada
Alma mater	University of British Columbia Oxford University
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, 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.

Career

Barton was one of six students from a high school class of 200 to attend college.^{[citation needed]} 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 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] He subsequently parlayed those relationships into a role running McKinsey in Korea from 2000–2004 and then McKinsey in Asia from 2004-2009.^[4] Barton's experience in Asia ultimately made him a strong candidate in the firm election as global managing director.^[2]

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

1. ^ "The Popped Kernel: A Conversation with Dominic Barton of McKinsey & Company". Thepoppedkernel.blogspot.com. 2010-02-06. http://thepoppedkernel.blogspot.com/2010/02/conversation-with-dominic-barton-of.html. Retrieved 2011-03-30. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Joanna Pachner. "McKinsey & Co.: The man behind the curtain | Managing | Strategy | Canadian Business Online". Canadianbusiness.com. http://www.canadianbusiness.com/managing/strategy/article.jsp?content=20100113_10019_10019. Retrieved 2011-03-30. 
3. ^ http://www.boardroominsiders.com/executive-profiles/7315/McKinsey-&-Company/Dominic-Barton
4. ^ "The Rhodes Trust and Trustees - The Rhodes Trust". Rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk. http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/page/trustees. Retrieved 2011-03-30. 

External links

• McKinsey & Co.: The man behind the curtain
• A Conversation with Dominic Barton
• McKinsey Asia bio
• Rhodes trustee bio
• Dominic Barton 101
• Barton interview
• McKinsey MD bio

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Preceded by Ian Davis	Managing director of McKinsey & Company, Inc. 2009-	Succeeded by

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