G20: Lagarde and Yellen prove their mettle

By Glenda Kwek
Updated February 23 2014 - 6:08pm, first published February 22 2014 - 3:18pm
Australia's first woman Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, hosts the first woman Managing Director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde and the first woman Chair of US Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen at a function for G20 Finance Ministers at Admiralty House. Photo: James Brickwood
Australia's first woman Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, hosts the first woman Managing Director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde and the first woman Chair of US Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen at a function for G20 Finance Ministers at Admiralty House. Photo: James Brickwood

As Christine Lagarde sat in front of 700 people at a recording of the ABC's Q&A program in Sydney on Thursday, there was a palpable sense of excitement.

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