Pamela Passman is global chair, corporate advisory and is based in APCO’s New York office where she previously served as managing director. She has four decades of experience advising organizations on managing global geopolitical risk by working with key stakeholders and identifying issues critical to success. Pamela leads and serves as an advisor to our largest global accounts on business-critical issues, helping each navigate the complex business environment. In particular, Pamela works with companies on the intersection of technology and policy, financial transactions, market regulation and corporate governance and purpose.
Pamela was previously with the Microsoft Corporation for 15 years, where she was the corporate vice president and deputy general counsel, Global Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, and led Microsoft’s global government relations and public policy work, regulatory compliance and philanthropic and CSR programs. Pamela first joined Microsoft Asia and led the Law and Corporate Affairs organization in the region, based in Tokyo. She also founded The Center for Responsible Enterprise (CREATe.org) and served as the vice chair of the Ethisphere institute.
Her legal career started in Washington, D.C. with Covington & Burling and Nagashima & Ohno in Tokyo, Japan. Pamela is on the board of directors of Kinaxis Inc., a Toronto-listed SAAS supply chain management company, and chairs its Nominations and Governance Committee and serves on its Audit Committee. She chairs the board of directors of Kids In Need of Defense (KIND), a global NGO which provides pro bono legal services to unaccompanied children facing immigration authorities. She is a graduate of Lafayette College, and the University of Virginia School of Law.
