📌In a luxurious hall of marble and glass in Brussels, the whispers of bankers rise above the noise of numbers and financial markets, where all eyes are directed towards an elegant woman wearing a luxurious gray jacket adorned with a simple silver brooch. She is Christine Lagarde, the woman who has become a significant voice in the global economy, stepping confidently as one who has experienced the tempests of finance and politics.
📌But before she reached the head of the European Central Bank, and before she took the helm of the International Monetary Fund, that girl from the coastal city of Le Havre in France dreamed of becoming a professional swimmer. She trained in synchronized swimming and mastered the art of long breath underwater. She may not have practiced the sport for long, but she learned what is more important: controlling breath and rhythm, a rare skill in financial storms.
📌In 2011, when the European debt crisis erupted, Lagarde was about to enter the global scene through its widest gates. She was nominated to head the International Monetary Fund following Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was ousted by a sex scandal.
📌And in 2019, she entered a new chapter of her story: the presidency of the European Central Bank. This time the mission was more complex, with the COVID crisis paralyzing the global economy, followed by the repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian war, and unprecedented inflation shaking financial markets.
