Economics

Barton Draws on McKinsey Past to Help Teck ‘Withstand Torpedoes’

  • New chairman says Keevil family, dual-class stock to stay
  • Teck’s Canadian footprint a natural hedge amid global turmoil
Dominic BartonPhotographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg
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When Dominic Barton was named chairman of Teck Resources Ltd., he was handed a rock hammer by Norman Keevil, his predecessor and controlling shareholder at Canada’s biggest diversified miner.

Inscribed: “Chair to Chair, 2018” it was an apt symbol for Barton, the former global managing partner of McKinsey & Co. who for decades chipped away at the ground-level for the corporations he advised, while maintaining a longer-term view from above.