Mark Carney

The Right Honourable Mark Carney PC OC
Carney in 2015
24th Prime Minister of Canada
Incumbent
Assumed office March 14, 2025
Monarch	Charles III
Governor General	Mary Simon
Preceded by	Justin Trudeau
Leader of the Liberal Party
Incumbent
Assumed office March 9, 2025
Preceded by	Justin Trudeau
120th Governor of the Bank of England
In office July 1, 2013 – March 15, 2020
Appointed by	George Osborne
Preceded by	Sir Mervyn King
Succeeded by	Andrew Bailey
8th Governor of the Bank of Canada
In office February 1, 2008 – June 3, 2013
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper
Preceded by	David A. Dodge
Succeeded by	Stephen Poloz
Central bank roles 2nd Chair of the Financial Stability Board In office November 4, 2011 – November 26, 2018 Preceded by Mario Draghi Succeeded by Randal Quarles Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada In office August 10, 2003 – November 15, 2004 Prime Minister Paul Martin Preceded by Paul Jenkins Succeeded by Tiff Macklem
Other offices held United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance In office December 1, 2019 – January 15, 2025 Appointed by António Guterres Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Vacant Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Finance In office November 15, 2004 – February 4, 2007 Prime Minister Paul Martin Stephen Harper Preceded by Kevin G. Lynch Succeeded by Micheal Horgan
Personal details
Born	Mark Joseph Carney (1965-03-16) March 16, 1965 (age 60) Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada
Citizenship	Canada Ireland (1980s–2025) United Kingdom (2018–2025)
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Diana Fox ​ (m. 1994)​ [1]
Children	4
Alma mater	Harvard University (BA) St Peter's College, Oxford (MPhil) Nuffield College, Oxford (DPhil)
Signature
Website	www.markcarney.ca
Scientific career
Fields	Economics
Thesis	The dynamic advantage of competition (1995)
Doctoral advisor	Margaret A. Meyer
Ice hockey player Ice hockey career Position Goaltender (1986–87; 1992–94) Played for Harvard Crimson (1986–87) Oxford University Blues (1992–94) Playing career 1986–1994
Carney's voice from the Today program on BBC Radio 4, August 8, 2013[2]

Mark Joseph Carney (born March 16, 1965) is a Canadian politician and economist who is serving as the 24th prime minister of Canada and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada since 2025. He previously served as the eighth governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and the 120th governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020.

Carney was born in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University in 1988, then studied at the University of Oxford, where he earned a master's degree in 1993 and a doctorate in 1995. He held various roles at Goldman Sachs before joining the Bank of Canada as a deputy governor in 2003. In 2004, he was named as senior associate deputy minister for the Department of Finance Canada. In 2007, Carney was named Governor of the Bank of Canada, where he was responsible for Canadian monetary policy during the 2008 financial crisis. He led the Canadian central bank until 2013, when he was appointed as Governor of the Bank of England, where he led the British central bank's response to Brexit and the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After leaving central banking, Carney served as chair and head of impact investing at Brookfield Asset Management and as chair of the board of directors for Bloomberg L.P.^[3] He was also appointed the United Nations (UN) special envoy for climate action and finance.^[4][5] Carney also worked as one of many informal advisors to Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau during the COVID-19 pandemic and was made chair of the Liberal Party's economic growth taskforce in September 2024. In January 2025, following Trudeau's announcement of his resignation, he announced his intention to seek the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, winning a landslide victory in March. Shortly after winning the Liberal Party leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, Carney advised the governor general to dissolve Parliament and trigger a snap election.