As managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde plays a pivotal role in stemming the economic crises that have hobbled much of the developed world.

Lagarde's partner is Xavier Giocanti, 56, a gregarious and ruggedly handsome Marseille businessman of Corsican descent, an opposites-attract match for an elegant and understated woman raised on ...

Christine Lagarde: It is a very serious situation, ... businessman Xavier Giocanti, at her side. Lagarde's trademark charm was on full display and she looked every bit the seasoned retail politician.

Christine Lagarde became the first female head of the IMF after Dominque Strauss-Kahn resigned. ... Lagarde has been with her partner Xavier Giocanti, an entrepreneur, for the past five years.

Christine Lagarde was the first woman to lead the IMF, ... She did not mention her partner, the businessman Xavier Giocanti, nor Thomas Lagarde, the father of her two sons, ...

After a career breaking glass ceilings to join a tiny global elite, Christine Lagarde will bring experience of cool-headed crisis fighting to her job as first female head of the European Central ...

Ms. Lagarde was born Christine Lallouette on Jan. 1, 1956, in Paris and later moved to Le Havre, a city of about 180,000. ... a Corsican businessman named Xavier Giocanti, ...

Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, talks about her rise in the male-dominated world of global finance. ... Lagarde and her partner Xavier Giocanti at a state dinner in 2009.

It's official. is the new Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. Unofficially, she is now arguably the most powerful woman in the world. The IMF had until Thursday to name a ...

Christine Lagarde sits at a table in an Indian restaurant in the heart of Washington and ... Xavier Giocanti, ... “It’s Xavier’s 60th anniversary so I have booked some scuba diving for ...