Dominic Barton

Dominic Barton (born 1962), known as Bao Damin (Chinese: 鲍达民) in China, is a Canadian business executive, author, and diplomat. He is the current chairman of the private investment firm LeapFrog Investments and was the Chancellor of the University of Waterloo from 2018 to 2024. He served as the Canadian Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 2019 to 2021. Prior to this, Barton was the Global Managing Director of consulting firm McKinsey & Company, from 2009 to 2018 and has previously served as Chairman of Teck Resources and as Non-Executive Director at the Singtel Group in Singapore and Investor AB in Sweden. In April 2022 Barton was appointed as Chairman of the Management Board of LeapFrog Investments, a private investment firm that invests in high-growth, emerging markets, with a focus on social and environmental impact. 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. In October 2022 the Eurasia Group announced the appointment of Barton as a Strategic Counselor. 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.