by Moyara deMoraes Ruehsen
-USA-

UPDATE: Yesterday, the IMF’s board blocked Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer from the race for the top IMF job. -Ed.

With her distinctive silver coiffure and impressive couture wardrobe, it is hard not to take notice of Christine Lagarde, France’s highly-respected Finance Minister. But let us not forget that beneath that elegant exterior is an impressive mind, a wise and experienced manager with proven leadership skills, an astute negotiator with keen diplomatic instincts, an eloquent and insightful orator, and most important of all: a person of integrity.