For the next 12 months, in 2001, she served as the Chief of Staff to the President of the World Bank Group, at that time James Wolfensohn.
[2] After she left the World Bank, Léautier co-founded the Fezembat Group, a consultancy partnership based in Castelnau de Montmiral, France, where she worked as the Managing Partner from 2007 until 2009.
From July 2009 until November 2013, Léautier relocated to Harare, Zimbabwe, and worked as the Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation, a non-profit organization.
In December 2013, Léautier returned to Tanzania and served as the co-founder, partner, and chair of Mkoba Private Equity Fund, which invested in emerging opportunities in the African continent, working there for two-and-a-half years until June 2016.
[2] In 2017, Léautier was one of the candidates to succeed Mark Dybul as executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM); the position eventually went to Peter Sands.
In recognition for her contributions to Africa, she holds an Honorary Degree in Humane Letters from North Central College in Illinois, US.
She earned the title of ‘Nkosuohemaa’, meaning ‘queen of development’ in the Ahanta language, which was given to her by the Agona people for her work in Ghana.
Léautier is a well-recognized author and academic, having published books, articles, and papers in international development, leadership, regional issues like integration and trade, and the role of Africa in the world.