The former Bank of England boss, Mark Carney, is now running for the Liberal leadership in his native Canada. What does his time in London tell us? 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.

Former head of UK central bank enters race to take over from Justin Trudeau as leader of Liberal Party and Canada

In a brief statement posted on X, Freeland, who was also finance minister at the time of her shock resignation in December, said, “I’m running to fight for Canada”