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Fortune
Lila MacLellan

Mark Carney has been dubbed the 'Trump whisperer': His ability to shift the dynamic from confrontational to collaborative is a lesson for all leaders

Mark Carney and Donald Trump (Credit: Getty Images—AFP/Brendan Smialowski)

In 2020, when the UK was deeply divided over Brexit, David Pullan, a leadership consultant based in London, took some solace in a reassuring voice that he often heard on BBC radio explaining the financial repercussions of the situation with ease. “This man is good,” Pullan remembers thinking.

The voice belonged to Mark Carney, the then-governor of the Bank of England, who is now the prime minister of Canada, and navigating another crisis: A trade war with the U.S. 

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