Dominic Barton

Dominic Barton is the Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company.

In 26 years with the firm, Dominic has advised clients in a range of industries including banking, consumer goods, high tech and industrial.

Prior to his current role, Dominic was based in Shanghai as McKinsey’s Asia Chairman from 2004 to 2009 and led the Korea office from 2000 to 2004.

Dominic is an active participant in international fora including Davos, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Les Rencontres Économiques d’Aix-en-Provence, the Asia Business Council and the China Development Forum.

He has authored more than 80 articles on the role of business in society, leadership, financial services, Asia, history and the issues and opportunities facing markets worldwide.

Dominic is a co-author, with Roberto Newell and Greg Wilson, of Dangerous Markets: Managing in Financial Crises (Wiley & Sons, 2002), and his most recent book is China Vignettes: An Inside Look at China (Talisman, 2007).

He is a Trustee of the Brookings Institution, Chairman of the International Advisory Committee to the President of South Korea on National Future and Vision, a member of the Singapore Economic Development Board’s International Advisory Council, an advisor to the Asia Development Bank and a Board Member of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Dominic has received multiple awards for his business leadership and contributions to the communities in which he has lived. He is a Rhodes Trustee and an Honorary Fellow at Brasenose College, Oxford.