Christine Lagarde

At-a-Glance

President of the European Central Bank since 2019.
Served as the 11th Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from 2011 to 2019, the first woman to hold the position.
Held the post of France's Minister of Finance from 2007 to 2011, becoming the first woman to hold the finance portfolio of a G7 country.
Chaired the Global Executive Committee of the international law firm Baker & McKenzie from 1999 to 2004.
Involved in the G20's management of the financial crisis and chaired the ECOFIN Council from July to December 2008.
Ranked number two on Forbes' World's 100 Most Powerful Women list in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Convicted of negligence in 2016 by a French court relating to the Bernard Tapie arbitration, but no penalty was imposed.

Biography

Christine Lagarde is a French politician and lawyer who has served as the President of the European Central Bank since 2019. She previously held the position of the 11th Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2011 to 2019. Lagarde was the first woman to hold each of these posts.