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CEO exports: How U.K. firms are eyeing Canada for corporate talent
To the British Empire, Canada was once the place to go for furs
and timber - a vast land an ocean away whose resources would be
tapped to make beaver pelt hats for fashion-conscious Londoners and
wooden masts for the Royal Navy.
These days, however, Brits are pining after a different type of
commodity from their former colony: Canadian corporate talent. And
their appetite for it shows no sign of abating.
Speculation in the U.K. is still simmering that the Bank of
England is considering Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada,
to succeed its own governor who leaves in June next year.
Speculation in the U.K. is still simmering that the Bank of
England is considering Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada,
to succeed its own governor who leaves in June next year. The
Financial Times, which first reported the story April 17, noted
that although Mr. Carney denied that he had any direct contact with
the BOE or its supervisory body, no one has disputed the existence
of an approach per se. The idea is now believed to have been
presented to Mr. Carney through a third party, the newspaper
said.
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