Mark Carney
Canadian economist and prime minister
Mark Carney is a Canadian economist who led the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England before becoming Canada's prime minister in 2025.
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Born 1965 in Fort Smith, Canada
About Mark Carney
Mark Carney was born in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. He studied economics at Harvard University and the University of Oxford, and later spent 13 years at Goldman Sachs. In 2003 he moved to the Bank of Canada as a deputy governor, and he was its governor from 2008 to 2013. He then became governor of the Bank of England, the first non-British person to hold that post, and stayed until 2020. He also chaired the Financial Stability Board from 2011 to 2018. After central banking, Carney chaired Bloomberg L.P. and served as United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance. In 2025 he won the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada and became the country's 24th prime minister. His book in our catalog is Value(s).