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In a 2024 Most Influential Women "50 over 50" List, the Forbes Magazine recognized Sr Natalie Becquart, xcmj.  

Sister Becquart is a French Roman Catholic nun who was named the undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops by Pope Francis in 2021. As part of the main advisory body to the Pope, Sister Becquart is the highest ranking woman in the Vatican and is the first woman to gain a right to vote at such a high-level conference. Sister Becquart holds a master’s degree in entrepreneurship from the HEC business school in Paris and worked as a marketing consultant before joining the Xavière Sisters at age 26 in 1995.

The members of the third annual 50 Over 50: EMEA list are shaping the future of science, fashion, finance, and even the Catholic Church. Here are the 50 founders, CEOs, humanitarians and vanguards across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, all proving that life’s second half is also its most successful and rewarding.