Graduate, Smith College, US; studies in international economics, Institut des Hautes Etudes Economiques et Politiques, Geneva. Member of the Board: UN Global Compact; Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Chair, Mayo Clinic. Co-Chair, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting (2004). Recipient of awards and honours, including: named one of 100 Most Powerful Women in the World, Forbes; Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship; French Légion d'Honneur; Royal Order of the North Star, Sweden; Order of the White Rose, Finland; Order of Merit, Norway.