After working for 13 years at Goldman Sachs, Carney was originally appointed deputy governor of the Bank of Canada in 2003, but left in November 2004 for a senior position in Canada's finance department. Here speaks with Chairman of the ex-US Federal Reserve Board Alan Greenspan (R) at the G7 Summit meetings at the Boca Raton Resort in Boca Raton, Florida, 6 February 2004.Reuters
After working for 13 years at Goldman Sachs, Carney was originally appointed deputy governor of the Bank of Canada in 2003, but left in November 2004 for a senior position in Canada's finance department. Here speaks with Chairman of the ex-US Federal Reserve Board Alan Greenspan (R) at the G7 Summit meetings at the Boca Raton Resort in Boca Raton, Florida, 6 February 2004.ReutersCarney joins US Treasury Secretary John Snow (C) as he hosts the meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors at a Washington hotel on 21 April 2006. The ministers are (L-R) Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Mark Carney, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Snow, US Treasury Undersecretary Tim Adams, European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet and US Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson.ReutersCarney speaking during a news conference with Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (C) and outgoing Canadian central bank governor,at the time, David Dodge in Ottawa 4 October 2007 ahead of his appointment.ReutersA media scrum surrounds Carney on 25 September 2008 after he threw his support behind Washington's "bold and timely" 0bn financial industry bailout package.ReutersCarney leaves after speaking to the economic community in Toronto on 16 December 2009. At the time he downplayed talk of a domestic housing bubble but warned home buyers and banks to avoid excess household debt, saying policymakers could take action to curb debt levels if necessary.ReutersTime magazine named Carney as one of the world's most influential people in 2010 for helping keep the country's banks safe through the global financial crisis. Here he poses in Toronto 23 June 2010 after saying governments around the world must not rush to tighten their belts at the same time and need to strike the right balance with ensuring growth.ReutersCarney at the International Monetary and Financial Committee meeting at the IMF headquarters building in Washington 16 April 2011. He has been instrumental in leading economies to introduce and coordinate a raft of new financial regulations. Carney is also a member of the Group of Thirty, and of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum.ReutersCarney shakes hands with Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty following a news conference in Ottawa 26 November 2012, where he announced that he will take over the reins as Governor of the Bank of England in 2013.ReutersOnly a few weeks ahead of his appointment to the BoE, The Financial Stability Board, led by Carney, said it is creating a specialist group to study the way one of the world's most important interbank lending rates is set and supervised.Reuters
Mark Carney will replace Sir Mervyn King and become the Bank of England's governor on 1 July this year.
