Dame Helena Morrissey is in the running to replace Mark Carney as Governor of the Bank of England, according to reports.
The Mail on Sunday first reported that Morrissey had been interviewed for the top job at the central bank. If she were to succeed Carney, who is set to leave the role in January 2020, she would become the first female Governor in the BoE's history. FCA's Bailey remains frontrunner for BoE job despite testing few months Morrissey is head of personal investing at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), which she joined in 2017 following 15 years as chief executive of Newton Investment Management, before becoming non-executive chairman. A spokesperson for LGIM confirmed it ha...
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