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Isabelle Mateos y Lago earned degrees from Sciences Po Paris (Institut d'études politiques de Paris) and Cambridge University (Economics), and is an alumna of the ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Administration). She has over 25 years' experience in international economics, finance and public policy. She began her career in France at the Inspection Générale des Finances before joining the IMF, where she held key positions in the Asia, Europe and Strategy departments, before serving as advisor to the Executive Board under Christine Lagarde until 2014. She joined BlackRock in 2015 and was Chief Macro Investment Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute and then Chief Markets Strategist in the Financial and Strategic Investors Group until 2024.