Marie-Josée Kravis
| Marie-Josée Kravis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Marie-Josée Drouin September 11, 1949 Ottawa, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | University of Ottawa |
| Occupation | Businesswoman, philanthropist |
| Spouse(s) | Henry Kravis |
Marie-Josée Kravis (née Drouin; born September 11, 1949) is a Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist.
Marie-Josée Drouin was born in Ottawa, Canada, of French and English parentage. She earned an MA in economics from the University of Ottawa.
She serves on the international advisory board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and on the boards of Publicis S.A. and LVMH. Since 1989 she has attended virtually all conferences of the Bilderberg Group (except the one in 1997) and serves on its steering committee.
From 1971 to 1984 she was a consultant to the Hudson Institute of New York and Executive Director of the Hudson Institute of Canada. She has served on the boards of CIBC, the Ford Motor Company, the Standard Life Insurance Co., Hasbro Inc., Hollinger International, Vivendi Universal and IAC/InterActiveCorp. She was a board member at Conrad Black's Hollinger International until late 2003. Black was later charged with fraud and obstruction of justice. Kravis was called as a witness at Black's trial in 2007 and testified that she had been unaware of the corporate malfeasance during her tenure. Additionally, she previously served as vice-chair of Canada's Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation and co-chaired a national commission on prosperity and competitiveness. She served on the binational dispute settlement panel established under the NAFTA agreement.
She has been a regular columnist for La Presse, the Montreal Gazette and the Financial Post of Canada, and she has contributed to the Wall Street Journal and numerous other publications. She hosted a weekly television show on the public television network TV Ontario. She is also the author with B. Bruce-Briggs of Canada Has a Future and with Maurice Ernst and Jimmy Wheeler of Western Europe: Adjusting to Structural Change.
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