Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney has not yet resigned from his multiple international board positions, despite claiming this week that he had stepped down from all his roles to be “all in” on his bid to become Canada’s next prime minister.

In just a few weeks, banker Mark Carney has gone from being Justin Trudeau’s star recruit to being the favourite in the race to replace the man who recruited him. In fact, his arrival on the political scene is fuelling the crisis currently rocking Canada’s Liberal Party—but who exactly is this man?