Back To SpeakersMrs. Christine Lagarde
Managing Director of International Monetary Fund
"Christine Lagarde - Short Bio
Since July 2011, Christine Lagarde has been the eleventh Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF); the first woman to hold that position. She was re-elected for a second five-year term as of July 4, 2016. A lawyer by background, she practiced for 20 years with the international law firm Baker McKenzie, of which she became global chairman in 1999. In 2005, Christine Lagarde joined the French government as Trade Secretary. Two years later, she became the first woman to hold the post of Finance and Economy Minister of a G7 country"
Since July 2011, Christine Lagarde has been the eleventh Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF); the first woman to hold that position. She was re-elected for a second five-year term as of July 4, 2016. A lawyer by background, she practiced for 20 years with the international law firm Baker McKenzie, of which she became global chairman in 1999. In 2005, Christine Lagarde joined the French government as Trade Secretary. Two years later, she became the first woman to hold the post of Finance and Economy Minister of a G7 country"
Sessions
12/02/2017
12.30 - 01.00
Arena Hall
“[Political and economic] change is something that we have to recon with, that we have to anticipate, and that we have to plan for”