Mark Carney | The Coxford Lecture at Victoria College
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Isabel Bader Theatre
Date: Jan. 31, 2024
Speaker: Mark Carney
Mark Carney is the UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Co-Chair for the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero, a practitioner-led coalition working to increase the financial sector’s ambition on climate change and accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy. Chair of Brookfield Asset Management, and Head of Transition Investing at Brookfield Corporation. Across these roles, he is focused on developing tools, guidance, and products for investors that will combine positive social and environmental outcomes with strong risk-adjusted returns.
He is also an external member of the Board of Stripe, a member of the Global Advisory Board of PIMCO, Harvard University, Rideau Hall Foundation, Bilderberg, the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, the Peterson Institute for International Economics the Hoffman Institute for Global Business and Society at INSEAD, Cultivo, Senior counsellor of the MacroAdvisory Partners, Advisor of the Watershed, Advisory Board Chair for Canada 2020 as well as Chair of the Group of Thirty, Chair of Chatham House and Chair of Bloomberg LP’s Board of Directors.
Dr. Carney was previously Governor of the Bank of England (from 2013 to 2020) and Governor of the Bank of Canada (2008 to 2013). Internationally, Dr. Carney was Chair of the Financial Stability Board (2011 to 2018), chaired the Global Economy Meeting and Economic Consultative Committee of the Bank for International Settlements (2018 to 2020), and served as First Vice Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board (2013 to 2020). Prior to his governorships, Dr. Carney worked at Goldman Sachs as well as the Canadian Department of Finance.
He is a long-time and well-known advocate for sustainability, specifically with regard to the management and reduction of climate risks.
The Coxford Lecture at Victoria College
This annual lecture addresses one of the great public policy issues of the day, aiming to promote public discourse on important contemporary issues. The Lecture was endowed by a generous donation from Stephen Coxford Vic 7T4, to bolster Victoria’s longstanding tradition of academic excellence combined with outreach to, and connection with, the community. Mr. Coxford also holds degrees from Western University and Cambridge University, and is President of Gresham & St. Andrew Inc., a Toronto-based investment company. He is a member of the campaign cabinet for Defy Gravity: The Campaign for Victoria University. He also served on the Board of Western University from 2005 to 2013 and as its Chair in 2012-2013, and has held numerous distinguished positions in media and the legal field.
About Vic One Plenary
The Vic One Plenary session is a weekly guest lecture series, exposing students to different areas of investigation. The plenaries are meant to encourage open-minded discussion and ignite intellectual curiosity. Rather than an academic commitment, these sessions present another opportunity for students to gather and reflect.