Between 2000 and 2012, Dr. Elisabeth was Chief Economist and Vice-President of BIPE, a French consulting company. Prior to that she worked 15 years at Standard & Poor's DRI, a predecessor of Global Insight, where she was Chief European Economist and Research Director for Europe.

Dr. Elisabeth holds a Ph.D. in Economics, a Master's degree in Econometrics and a Degree in Economics from the University of Brussels, Belgium. She worked two years as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Manitoba, in Canada.