Bank of Canada Mark Carney to Head Bank of England Next Year

November 26, 2012 Share Print 0

Mark Carney is leaving the Bank of Canada to become governor of one of the world’s oldest central banks, the Bank of England.

Mr. Carney, the former Goldman Sachs investment banker who took over Canada’s central bank in 2008, will take over the Bank of England in July 2013.

“I’m honoured to accept this important and demanding role,” said Mr. Carney, who noted that it is a critical time in the British, European and global economies.

via Globe and Mail

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Alfonso Esparza specializes in macro forex strategies for North American and major currency pairs. Upon joining OANDA in 2007, Alfonso Esparza established the MarketPulseFX blog and he has since written extensively about central banks and global economic and political trends. Alfonso has also worked as a professional currency
trader focused on North America and emerging markets. He has been published by The MarketWatch, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal and The Globe and Mail, and he also appears regularly as a guest commentator on networks including Bloomberg and BNN. He holds a finance degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) and an MBA with a specialization on financial engineering and marketing from the University of Toronto.