section_path: Financial career/Governor of the Bank of Canada (2008–2013)
section_name: Governor of the Bank of Canada (2008–2013)
paragraph_text: Governor of the Bank of Canada (2008–2013)
  
  In October 2007, Carney was appointed Governor of the Bank of Canada. He immediately left his position at the Department of Finance to become an advisor to the outgoing governor, David Dodge, before formally assuming Dodge's position on February 1, 2008. Carney was selected over Paul Jenkins, the senior deputy governor, who had been considered the front-runner to succeed Dodge.
  
  Carney took on this role at the beginning of the 2008 financial crisis. At the time of his appointment, Carney was the youngest central bank governor among the G8 and G20 nations.