Federal deputy minister of finance, Ian Bennett, announced that Mark Carney, senior associate deputy minister of finance, will take on the responsibilities of G7 Deputy.

This assignment is an addition to Carney’s ongoing responsibilities with the department.


Carney previously served as G7 Deputy on an interim basis from January to July 2004. Prior to joining the department, he was deputy governor of the Bank of Canada and managing director at Goldman Sachs Canada, where he worked in their Toronto, New York, London and Tokyo offices.

Carney replaces Paul Boothe, who came to the department from the University of Alberta where he was a professor of economics. He has also worked in the international department of the Bank of Canada and as deputy minister of finance and secretary to Treasury Board for the government of Saskatchewan.

Bennett said Boothe made tremendous progress moving Canada’s priorities forward within the G7, particularly with respect to African development.