Dominic Barton

  • Partner

Dominic is a partner at Radical Ventures, where he advises portfolio companies on commercialization and go-to-market strategy. Dominic brings a wealth of global business experience, as well as a deep insight of geopolitics, corporate sustainability, and governance.

He is also Chair of Rio Tinto and the Chair of LeapFrog Investments, an impact-investment firm focused on emerging markets. Dominic recently completed his role as the Ambassador of Canada to the People’s Republic of China. He was appointed by the Right Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2019 until 2021. He was a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company and served as Global Managing Partner for 3 terms from 2009 to 2018.

He is also the Chancellor of the University of Waterloo. Dominic was previously Chair of Teck Resources, from 2018 to 2019, and, in 2019, served as a Non-Executive Director at Singtel.