Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Christine Lagarde is a French lawyer and politician, and currently the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is the first female to hold that position since 2011, and still in the role and serving her second five-year term since 2016. Prior to her appointment as Managing Director of IMF, she served as France’s Finance Minister from 2007-2011, the first woman to serve in that position.
Before that time, she was France’s Minister for Foreign Trade from 2005-2007. In 2018, Christine was named the 3rd most powerful woman by Forbes. Her role in providing financial guidance to the 189 member countries of the IMF has been noteworthy.
Christine Lagarde is our Woman of the Week because she represents leadership and service.
Sources:
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Christine Lagarde: French Lawyer and Politician, Mon 25 Feb. 2019, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christine-Lagarde
Forbes. Power Women 2018, Mon 25 Feb. 2019,
https://www.forbes.com/profile/christine-lagarde/#27ece7bc2170
IMF Blog. Christine Lagarde, Mon 25 Feb. 2019, https://blogs.imf.org/bloggers/christine-lagarde/
International Monetary Fund. Christine Lagarde, Mon 25 Feb. 2019,
https://www.imf.org/external/np/omd/bios/cl.htm
