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Global Forces Shaping our Future: A Conversation with Dominic Barton
June 2, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm MDT
69$Lunches with Leaders: Speaker Series presented by TELUS
Global Forces Shaping Our Future: A Conversation with Dominic Barton
New technologies as well as demographic and economic shifts are transforming our work, homes and communities.
Dominic Barton, Senior Partner and former Global Managing Partner of McKinsey, will discuss the impact of the rise of Asia, the power of new disruptive technologies, our aging population and societal instability on business. He will also share insights on how leaders can navigate their organizations through these disruptive times.
Barton will also discuss what educators, industry and government here in Alberta must do now to ensure we can attract and retain the talent needed to compete in the economy of the future.
About Dominic Barton
Dominic Barton is a Senior Partner and served as Global Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company from 2009 to 2018. In his 32 years with the firm, Dominic has advised clients in a range of industries including banking, consumer goods, high tech and industrials. Prior to serving as Global Managing Partner, Dominic was based in Shanghai as McKinsey’s Asia Chairman from 2004 to 2009 and led the Korea office from 2000 to 2004.
Dominic serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Teck Resources, is the Chancellor of the University of Waterloo, 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 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.
He is one of the founders of FCLT Global (Focusing Capital on the Long Term), a non-profit organization dedicated to developing practical tools and approaches that encourage long-term behaviors in business and investment decision-making. Read More
Tickets
Member Tickets: $59.00+gst
General Admission Ticket: $69.00+gst
Member Tables of Eight: $472.00+gst
General Admission Tables of Eight: $552.00+gst
June 6, 2019 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Chateau Lacombe Hotel10111 Bellamy Hill RoadEdmonton, Alberta T5J 1N7
