CITY DIARY: Is Carney tarting up his CV ahead of quitting in 2019?

New roles: Bank of England governor Mark Carney

New roles: Bank of England governor Mark Carney

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has agreed to chair two committees for The Bank for International Settlements (BIS): the Global Economy Meeting and the Economic Consultative Committee. 

What do these roles mean? Very little, I suspect. But they'll sound good when Carney goes touting for work in two years' time. Some even think the BIS director general role might suit him.

Having conquered national hunt racing, is former Barclays executive Rich Ricci eyeing another hobby? 

A mole spotted him at the Lord's Test last Friday which, I'm told, was the mega-rich American's first visit to the home of cricket. 

Mercifully Ricci elected not to wear one of his famous tweed suits, which are only marginally less offensive than MCC members' revolting bacon-and-egg blazers.

Tory peer and scientist Matt Ridley used his weekly Times column yesterday to discuss Hurricane Irma. 

Readers might have preferred to hear about that other great modern tempest: The collapse of Northern Rock, which occured 10 years ago this week and a matter Ridley is uniquely qualified to discuss. 

As chairman of the failed bank, he was right in the eye of storm.

Hillary Clinton says in her memoir, What Happened, that she regrets taking Goldman Sachs and other big investment banks' shilling in return for speaking gigs. 

She writes: 'I should have stayed away from anything having to do with Wall Street. I didn't. That's on me.' From 2013 to 2015, Hillary hoovered up an astonishing £16million for giving corporate speeches. Hubby Bill got £20million. 

They make greedy guts Tony Blair look like a novice.

Ex-HSBC fund manager Emma Slade, as I recently mentioned, is a former banker with a social conscience. 

After being held hostage at gun point, Emma, 51, quit the City to become a Buddhist monk devoted to helping the poor. She tells me she's currently building a school canteen for special needs children in East Bhutan. 

Perhaps she could persuade her former HSBC colleagues to come help. Outgoing chairman Douglas Flint's about to have more time on his hands.