Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury banks", pinpointing the banks' sense of grievance on their finding it "very, very difficult to face up to the failure of their banking model". With King's term as governor ending in 2013, top UK banks have warned that unless a less "hostile" figure is found as a successor, they may feel it necessary to move abroad. On 26 November 2012, Mark Carney was named as King's successor. King had faced accusations of refusing funding to the Northern Rock Bank, precipitating a run on that bank, a situation not seen in the UK since 1914. King later said that it had
Governor of the National Bank of Romania Governor of the National Bank of Romania The Governor of the National Bank of Romania ("Guvernatorul Băncii Naționale a României") is the head of the National Bank of Romania, being also the president of the Council of Administration of the Bank. He or she is named at the same time as the Council of Administration by the Parliament in a joint session of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies for a five-year term. The current Council of Administration was voted (named) on 6 October 2009. The current Governor is Mugur Isărescu, the longest continuous serving Governor, with a one-year