Panel on how the state can support entrepreneurial action in society
Christine Lagarde (born in 1956) is Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment of France. She is the first woman being appointed Finance and Economy Minister of a G7 country and was recently nominated Best Finance Minister 2009 of the European Union by the Financial Times. 1981, after lecturing law at Paris X University, Christine Lagarde joined Baker & McKenzie, where she was appointed managing partner in 1991 and 1999 was elected Chairman of the Global Executive Committee. In 2005, she became Minister for Foreign Trade of France and served as Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries for a short period in 2007. Christine Lagarde holds a postgraduate degree with emphasis on business and labour law from Paris University in law. In 2004, she was decorated with Chevalier de la Légion dHonneur. Doris Leuthard (born in 1963) is the President of the Swiss Confederation in 2010. As Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Doris Leuthard is one of the seven members of the Federal Council, Switzerlands executive authority and is responsible for the WTO Doha Round negotiations. Prior to having been elected Federal Councillor, Doris Leuthard had been a member of the National Council for seven years and President of the Christian Democratic Peoples Party between 2004 and 2006. During her time in the National Council, she was a member of the committees for legal affairs, political institutions, judicial affairs as well as economic affairs and taxation. Doris Leuthard …