Patricia Wu

Vice President and
Managing Director

pwu@crowell.com

Patricia Wu is the vice president and managing director at C&M International, a global government affairs and public policy firm based in Washington, D.C. C&M International is an affiliate of Crowell & Moring, a law firm with offices in Washington, D.C., New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, Brussels, and London. Patricia advises multinationals and their trade associations in using international policy tools to support their corporate strategic priorities. She works with clients in consumer goods and food, retail, publishing, life sciences, and medical technology sectors.

Prior to joining C&M International, Patricia held a number of positions in the private sector. At The Estée Lauder Companies, the world’s premier prestige beauty company, Patricia launched award-winning products in over 140 markets around the world under the Clinique and Estée Lauder brands. She also launched several global digital and social media marketing programs, many of which were the first of their kind in the industry. Patricia was also with the investment bank of J.P. Morgan in their Global Financial Institutions and Governments group.

Patricia holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she co-authored several published case studies focused on business strategy as it relates to government. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Tufts University, with a bachelor of arts in international relations and Asian studies. She also holds a degree from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and studied at Peking University. She speaks Mandarin Chinese and French.

Patricia is a Term Member of the Council of Foreign Relations, serves on the board of The Washington Ballet, is an officer (and former board member) of Women in International Trade and was recognized by Washington Life Magazine as a “Mover and Shaker 40 and Under”.

Education

Harvard Business School, M.B.A.

Tufts University, B.A., summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa

Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po), PISPS

Speeches & Presentations

• “Responding to the next disaster: Building health and climate resilience in the Americas,” Atlantic Council Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Virtual (January 27, 2022). Panelist: Patricia Wu.
• “Lasting Impacts of COVID-19: Regulatory Convergence and Best Practices in Life Sciences Regulation,” 11th Meeting of the APEC Alliance for Supply Chain Connectivity, Virtual (October 29, 2020). Panelist: Patricia L. Wu.
• “Developing a New Strategic Plan for Life Sciences Innovation in the Asia Pacific: Accelerating Regulatory Convergence in the Asia Pacific in the Next Decade,” 18th APEC Life Sciences Innovation Forum Policy Dialogue, Virtual (September 17, 2020). Presider: Patricia L. Wu.
• “Medical Supply Chains: Questions Companies are Asking and Evolving Government Actions in the Aftermath of COVID-19,” Crowell & Moring International Webinar (June 24, 2020). Presenters: Ambassador Robert Holleyman, Patricia L. Wu, John Fuson, James G. Flood, Himamauli Das, and Joshua Boswell.
• “Global Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Outlook,” National Association of District Export Councils Annual Export Conference, Washington, DC (May 21, 2019). Speaker: Patricia L. Wu.
• “Patient-Centric Ethics and Industry Compliance,” International Pharmaceutical Innovation Forum, Beijing (March 26, 2019). Moderator: Patricia L. Wu.
• “The Work Ahead: Machines, Skills, and U.S. Leadership in the Twenty-First Century,” Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C. (November 9, 2018). Presider: Patricia L. Wu.
• “Project DARE (Data Analytics Raising Employment),” Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Workshop, Hong Kong, China (October 7-8, 2018). Moderator and Speaker: Patricia L. Wu.
• “Responsible Sourcing: Sustainability and Compliance in Complex Supply Chains,” Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C. (June 20, 2018). Presider: Patricia L. Wu.
• “Ethics and Compliance: Our DNA When Doing Business,” First Latin American Week of Bio Pharmaceutical Innovation, Mexico City (February 7, 2018). Speaker: Patricia L. Wu.
• “Digital Trade,” CompTIA and Women in International Trade, Washington, D.C. (November 3, 2017). Moderator: Patricia L. Wu.
• “Making the Business Case to Companies,” APEC Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Implementation Workshop: From Vision to Action, Lima, Peru (August 17-18, 2016). Moderator: Patricia L. Wu.
• “Best Practice Examples,” APEC Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Implementation Workshop: From Vision to Action, Lima, Peru (August 17-18, 2016). Moderator: Patricia L. Wu.
• “Views on Business Ethics from the Philippines,” APEC Business Ethics for SMEs Forum Plenary Session, Manila, Philippines (August 19-20, 2015). Moderator: Patricia L. Wu.

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Publications

• “Measuring Progress of Regulatory Convergence and Cooperation Among Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Member Economies in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science (March 17, 2021). Co-Author: Eric Obscherning & Patricia L. Wu.
• “Closing the Digital Skills Gap: At a Pivotal Moment, Employers, Academia, and Governments Join Forces to Reskill and Upskill at Scale,” LinkedIn (December 10, 2018). Authors: Patrica L. Wu, Joshua Boswell, and Katherine Nunner.
• “Regulatory Forecast 2016: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year,” a Crowell & Moring LLP publication (January 2016). Contributor.
• “Global Compliance, Ethics, and Crisis Management,” Crowell & Moring’s Regulatory Forecast 2016 (January 2016). Contributors: Cari N. Stinebower, Peter Eyre, Ryan C. Tisch, Jeffrey L. Poston, Grégoire Ryelandt, Charles De Jager, Larry Boggs, and Patricia L. Wu.
• “Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Literature Review,” Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (September 2015). Contributor: Patricia L. Wu.
• “Regulatory Forecast 2015: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year,” a Crowell & Moring LLP publication (January 2015). Contributor.
• “How Washington Actually Works For Dummies,” Wiley Publishing (July 2012). Contributing Author: Patricia L. Wu.
• “Free the Grapes–Direct-to-Consumer Shipping in the Wine Industry,” Case Study, Harvard Business Review (May 2007). Co-Author: Patricia L. Wu.
• “Lobbying for Love? Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment,” Case Study, Harvard Business Review (January 2007). Co-Author: Patricia L. Wu.
• “Lobbying,” Case Study, Harvard Business Review (January 2007). Co-Author: Patricia L. Wu.

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Client Alerts & Newsletters

• “Government Investment and Policy Environment Reforms Urgently Needed to Incentivize Antibiotic Innovation, Avoid Future Superbug Pandemic,” (July 10, 2020). Contacts: Michael E. Schmitz, Patricia L. Wu, Ryan MacFarlane, Christopher Pinto, Mitchell Hightower.
• “Navigating Medical Supply Chain Challenges in the Aftermath of COVID-19,” Health Care Alert (June 16, 2020). Contacts: Robert Holleyman, James G. Flood, Patricia L. Wu, Himamauli Das, Shelley Su, Joshua Boswell.
• “Policymakers Pivot to New Phase in the Global Economic Response to COVID-19,” (April 28, 2020). Contacts: Robert Holleyman, Himamauli Das, James G. Flood, Patricia L. Wu, Clark Jennings, Joshua Boswell… (show all 7)
• “International Economic Responses to COVID-19,” (April 6, 2020). Contacts: Robert Holleyman, Himamauli Das, James G. Flood, Patricia L. Wu, Clark Jennings, Joshua Boswell… (show all 7)
• “Coronavirus: APEC Health Cooperation Imperative as Economic Integration and Interdependence Grows in the Presence of Health Threats,” (February 7, 2020). Contacts: Robert Holleyman, Michael E. Schmitz, Patricia L. Wu, Eric Obscherning, Ryan MacFarlane, Joshua Boswell.
• “Malaysia Launches APEC 2020 Host Year and Announces Major Themes and Opportunities for Private Sector Engagement,” Regulatory Alert (December 16, 2019). Contacts: Robert Holleyman, Patricia L. Wu, Ryan MacFarlane, Clark Jennings, Michael E. Schmitz, Andrew Blasi… (show all 7)
• “Beat by Beat: Data Governance Innovation for Healthcare Outcomes in the Asia-Pacific,” Health Care Alert (September 26, 2019). Contacts: Jodi G. Daniel, Robert Holleyman, Patricia L. Wu, Clark Jennings, Shaina Vinayek.
• “World Leaders Call for Accelerated Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage,” Regulatory Alert (September 23, 2019). Contacts: Patricia L. Wu, Eric Obscherning, Ryan MacFarlane, Joshua Boswell, Michael E. Schmitz.
• “Beat by Beat: Harnessing e-Health to Optimize Health Care Delivery in China,” Health Care Alert (May 28, 2019). Contacts: Jodi G. Daniel, Maya Uppaluru, Patricia L. Wu, Clark Jennings, Shaina Vinayek.
• “Beat by Beat: Latin America Is Headed Toward a Digital Health Transformation,” Regulatory Alert (January 28, 2019). Contacts: Jodi G. Daniel, Robert Holleyman, Maya Uppaluru, Patricia L. Wu, Clark Jennings.
• “The Month in International Trade – November 2018,” International Trade Bulletin (December 10, 2018). Contacts: Jeffrey L. Snyder, Frances P. Hadfield, Edward Goetz, Evan Yu, Robert Holleyman, John B. Brew… (show all 14)
• “APEC Chairs Statements Released,” International Trade Bulletin (November 26, 2018). Contacts: Robert Holleyman, John B. Brew, Ryan MacFarlane, Patricia L. Wu, Clark Jennings, Andrew Blasi… (show all 7)
• “Beat by Beat: Engaging Policymakers to Responsibly Unlock the Promise of Data to Improve Patient Outcomes and Lower Costs,” (September 27, 2018). Contacts: Jodi G. Daniel, Robert Holleyman, Maya Uppaluru, Patricia L. Wu.
• “Summit of the Americas Concludes: What Happened that Matters to Business?,” (April 20, 2018). Contacts: Patricia L. Wu, Andrew Blasi, Eduardo Mathison.
• “This Month in International Trade — January 2017,” International Trade Bulletin (February 9, 2017). Contacts: John B. Brew, Frances P. Hadfield, Edward Goetz, Andrew Blasi, W. Scott Douglas, Patricia L. Wu… (show all 20)
• “This Month in International Trade — December 2016,” International Trade Bulletin (January 11, 2017). Contacts: John B. Brew, Frances P. Hadfield, Edward Goetz, Daniel Cannistra, Carlton Greene, Patricia L. Wu… (show all 15)
• “This Month in International Trade – August 2016,” International Trade Bulletin (September 8, 2016). Contacts: John B. Brew, Frances P. Hadfield, Edward Goetz, Aaron Marx, David (Dj) Wolff, Alexander H. Schaefer… (show all 14)
• “EU Parliament Votes in Favor of Mandatory EU Conflict Minerals Regime,” Advertising & State AG Alert (June 2015). Contact: Patricia L. Wu.
• “New Global Rules for Use of Marine Genetic Materials?,” Advertising & State AG Alert (February 19, 2015). Contacts: Patricia L. Wu, David (Dj) Wolff.
• “This Month In International Trade – May 2011,” International Trade Bulletin (May 31, 2011). Contacts: John B. Brew, Patricia L. Wu, Adelicia R. Cliffe.

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Media Mentions

• How C&M International Collaborates To Close The Digital Skills Gap: Q&A With Patricia Wu, Managing Director
  December 3, 2019 — HR Technologist