Ex-Central Bank Chief Mark Carney Adds Consulting Role to Job Portfolio

LONDON—

Mark Carney,

the former head of the central banks of the U.K. and Canada and the United Nations’ point man on climate change and finance, has taken on a new role advising companies on the global economy with Macro Advisory Partners, a consulting firm.

Mr. Carney has been appointed senior counselor, the firm said Monday, adding another role to a portfolio of jobs that includes heading up Canadian asset manager

Brookfield Asset Management Inc.’s

sustainable investment business. Mr. Carney is also the U.N.’s special envoy on climate action and finance, in which he is tasked with persuading the world’s biggest banks and investors to stump up billions of dollars to fight climate change.