The former Bank of England boss, Mark Carney, became Canada’s prime minister after being sworn in on Friday. He will require all his experience handling global economic crises as the country faces a trade war launched by US President Donald Trump. Mark Carney was the first non-British person to become governor of the Bank of England in its more than 300-year history when he took the job in 2013. He had previously steered his home country through the Great Recession as the governor of the Bank of Canada, the country’s central bank, before being poached for Britain’s top banking job. Unlike most PM-hopefuls, Carney has never held political office, but he won the contest to replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau handily.
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