41 Facts About Dominic Barton

Dominic Barton is the current chairman of the private investment firm LeapFrog Investments and was the chancellor of the University of Waterloo from 2018 to 2024.

Dominic Barton served as the Canadian Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 2019 to 2021.

Dominic Barton became the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rio Tinto, the world's second largest metals and mining corporation, on May 5,2022.

Dominic Barton earned his Master of Philosophy in Economics at Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar and has advised Canadian governments, both Liberal and Conservative, on public sector transformation and economic growth.

Dominic Barton's father was an Anglican missionary who helped develop a theology college in Uganda; his mother was a nurse.

Dominic Barton attended the University of British Columbia, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics.

Dominic Barton was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and attended Brasenose College at Oxford University, where he received an MPhil degree in Economics.

Dominic Barton was elected to the position of Global Managing Director, a role that he served in from 2009 to 2018.

In 1997 Dominic Barton moved to the McKinsey office in Seoul, where he eventually led McKinsey's national practice.

Dominic Barton was Chairman for McKinsey in Asia from 2004 to 2009, operating out of Shanghai.

Dominic Barton has been an adjunct professor at Beijing's Tsinghua University and served on the School of Economics and Management's advisory board.

Dominic Barton chaired the Seoul International Business Advisory Council for six years and was a member of the Singapore Economic Development Board's International Advisory Council for ten years.

Dominic Barton was re-elected to a second three-year term in 2012 and a third term in 2015, serving the maximum three terms at the head of the global firm.

Dominic Barton served on the Canadian Advisory Committee on the Public Service under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Dominic Barton was one of several Canadian business leaders that advised the Prime Minister on the renewal and development of the country's public service.

Dominic Barton served as chair of the Advisory Council on Economic Growth, the Canadian federal government's blue-chip panel, starting in 2017.

On 19 June 2018, Dominic Barton was named the 11th chancellor of the University of Waterloo.

On 4 September 2019, Dominic Barton was appointed to be ambassador to China by the Government of Canada.

All three countries had "red lines" and Dominic Barton played a leading role finding a "pathway" that would ultimately lead to their release.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Dominic Barton maintained a line of communications with Xie Feng, China's Vice Foreign Minister, to coordinate the logistics of an eventual resolution that would bring the prisoner standoff to an end.

Dominic Barton was personally thanked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his role in securing the release of the two men.

Dominic Barton is the author of China Vignettes: An Inside Look At China.

Dominic Barton led a research team that conducted interviews with ordinary Chinese citizens and captures his findings with a series of short stories about daily life.

Dominic Barton is the co-author of Dangerous Markets: Managing in Financial Crises.

Dominic Barton co-authored Re-Imagining Capitalism, which looks at capitalism through a contemporary lens and ponders how the economic system might be adapted to modern times.

Re-Imagining Capitalism builds on Dominic Barton's previous writing, which reflects on the 2008 economic crisis, rejecting the "false choice" between serving stakeholders and shareholders while advocating for long-term planning from business leaders.

Dominic Barton has been a member of multiple boards like the Singapore Economic Development Board's International Advisory Council and worked as an advisor to the Asian Development Bank.

In October 2022 the Eurasia Group, a global political risk consultancy, announced that Dominic Barton was joining the firm as a Strategic Counselor.

In May 2022, Dominic Barton was appointed as the chairman of Rio Tinto, having joined the board in April 2022.

Dominic Barton has served on the board of the Malala Fund, a global organization dedicated to helping young girls in the developing world gain access to education founded by Pakistani human rights activist Malala Yousafzai.

Dominic Barton was involved in the United Nations HeForShe initiative, a campaign focused on advancing global gender equality.

In 2010, Dominic Barton was made an honorary fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.

Dominic Barton sat on the board of the University of Oxford Said Business School.

Dominic Barton is a member of the Rhodes Trust Founder's Circle and was a trustee of the Brookings Institution.

Dominic Barton was director at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and chair of Canadian mining company Teck Resources.

Dominic Barton was a Commissioner for the Global Commission on Internet Governance.

Dominic Barton was a member of the International Advisory Board at the University of Oxford Blavatnik School of Government and of the Board of Trustees of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

Dominic Barton was the recipient of the 2014 Academy of International Business International Executive of the Year Award.

Dominic Barton has received the INSEAD Business Leader for the World Award in 2011, the Korean Order of Civil Merit in 2013, the Singaporean Public Service Star in 2014, the Foreign Policy Association Corporate Social Responsibility Award in 2017 and Canada's Public Policy Forum Testimonial Award in 2017.

Dominic Barton, whose principal residence is in Beijing, was married to Canadian-born glass artist and scion of the Canadian beer family and former securities lawyer, Sheila Labatt.

Dominic Barton divorced in 2014, later marrying Geraldine Buckingham, an Australian who was formerly Blackrock's Asia Pacific Chairman.