Dec 12 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed former BlackRock executive Mark Wiseman as Canada's ambassador to the US, Globe and Mail reported on Friday citing two sources familiar with the matter.
The appointment was approved by Canada's federal cabinet on Thursday, days after current amabassador Kirsten Hillman said that she would end her tenure in 2026.
(Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh in Barcelona; Editing by Franklin Paul)
Mark Joseph Carney currently works at Bloomberg LP, as Chairman from 2023, Brookfield Technology Partners, as Vice Chairman, Brookfield Asset Management LLC, as Chairman & Head-Transition Investing, Brookfield Asset Management ULC, as Chairman & Head-Transition Investing, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, as Co-Chairman, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics, as Director, Stripe, Inc., as Independent Director from 2021, Bloomberg Philanthropies, as Director, Hoffmann Global Institute For Business & Society, as Director, Cultivo Land PBC, as Director from 2022, Brookfield Corp., as Head-Transition Investing, Harvard University, as Member, European Central Bank, as Member-General Council, Brookfield Timberlands Management LP, as Vice Chair & Head of Transition Investing, Rideau Hall Foundation, as Member, Bilderberg Association, as Member, Macro Advisory Partners LLP, as Senior Counsellor, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, as President, and Government of Canada, as Prime Minister from 2025. Dr. Carney also formerly worked at The Bank of Canada, as Governor & Chairman-Financial Stability Board from 2011 to 2013, Financial Stability Board, as Chairman from 2011 to 2018, Brookfield Renewable Partners LP, as Vice Chairman, Prudential Regulation Authority Ltd., as Chairman, Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., as Chairman & Head-Transition Investing, The Group of Thirty, as Group Chairman from 2023 to 2025, Bank of England, as Governor from 2013 to 2020, and Forum Mondial de L'Economie, as Trustee. Dr. Carney received his undergraduate degree in 1988 from Harvard University and graduate degree in 1993 and doctorate degree in 1995 from the University of Oxford.
BlackRock, Inc., formerly BlackRock Funding, Inc., is an investment management company. It provides a range of investment management and technology services to institutional and retail clients. Its diverse platform of alpha-seeking active, index and cash management investment strategies across asset classes enables the Company to tailor investment outcomes and asset allocation solutions for clients. Its product offerings include single- and multi-asset portfolios investing in equities, fixed income, alternatives, and money market instruments. Its products are offered directly and through intermediaries in a range of vehicles, including open-end and closed-end mutual funds, iShares and exchange-traded funds, separate accounts, collective investment funds and other pooled investment vehicles. It also offers technology services, including the investment and risk management technology platform, Aladdin, Aladdin Wealth, eFront, and Cachematrix, as well as advisory services and solutions.
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