
She was once the French Finance Minister and yet she actually has local ties to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. It appears that she spent some of her high school experience at Bethesda's Holton Arms. Now that may have been some time ago for the 55 year old divorced mother of two but clearly her time stateside influenced her perspectives significantly.
Her countrymen have been known to refer to her as "the American" as she embraces an American Puritan workaholic approach as opposed to one which is more similar to the French work ethic/culture. Other aspects of her experience that makes her not so typically French includes her friendship with once Chicago Mayor Richard Daley or her being the first female chairman of the U.S. law firm Baker & McKenzie. Recently she even was on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart and it turns out she has quite a sense of humor as she was also on the show back in 2009.
Christine Lagarde replaces former Managing Director, IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. She was appointed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Cabinet in 2007 and her unique female perspective is not something she shys away from. "I think we inject less libido" is one of her comments that she shared when reflecting on the role of women in finance, "And less testosterone into the equation.... it helps in the sense that we don't necessarily project our ego into cutting a deal" Ms. Lagarde once told Chistiane Amanpour during an interview.
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