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On October 6th, 2016 SPPG hosted the 2016 David Peterson Leadership Lecture featuring Dominic Barton, Global Managing Partner of McKinsey.  

Dominic Barton’s lecture was titled “Canadian Stability in an Age of Disruption”. Following the lecture, Director of SPPG Peter Loewen, took part in a discussion with Dominic Barton.

Please see below for an abstract of the lecture, a bio of Mr. Barton and some photos from the event.

Abstract:

We are living in extraordinary times. The next twenty years will be some of the most disruptive and exciting we have ever seen – driven by a number of global forces transforming the world economy and society-at-large. At the David Peterson Leadership Lecture, Dominic Barton, Global Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company, will describe the forces creating some of the most monumental challenges in generations for society – as well as the leadership traits that public sector leaders must have to navigate this new environment.

Dominic Barton is the Global Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company. In his 30 years with the firm, Dominic has advised clients in a range of industries including banking, consumer goods, high tech and industrials. 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.

He is the Chair of the Canadian Minister of Finance’s Advisory Council on Economic Growth and the Chair of the Seoul International Business Advisory Council. He is also a Trustee of the Brookings Institution, a member of the Singapore Economic Development Board’s International Advisory Council, and a member of the boards of Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York City and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Dominic is the Co-Chair of the ‘Focusing Capital on the Long Term’ initiative along with Larry Fink (BlackRock), Andrew Liveris (Dow), Cyrus Mistry (Tata) and Mark Wiseman (BlackRock). The initiative seeks to develop practical structures, metrics and approaches for longer-term behaviours in the investment and business worlds.

Dominic 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 China Vignettes: An Inside Look at China (Talisman, 2007).

Dominic has received multiple awards for his business leadership and contributions to the communities in which he has lived and worked. In February 2013 Dominic received the Order of Civil Merit (Peony Medal) from former President Lee of South Korea and in August 2014 he was awarded the Singaporean Public Service Star (Distinguished Friends of Singapore). He is a Rhodes Trustee and an Honorary Fellow at Brasenose College, Oxford. Dominic is also an Adjunct Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing.