NFTC Hires Former BIS Official to Lead Nat'l Security Strategy

Jeannette Chu, a former Bureau of Industry and Security official, joined the National Foreign Trade Council as vice president for national security policy, the NFTC announced Feb. 6. Chu will lead a new effort by the NFTC on national security and global competitiveness by serving as the council’s “lead strategist, expert and advocate on policies surrounding export controls, sanctions, investment screening, critical infrastructure” and more. Chu previously served as a senior policy adviser at BIS and as the senior export control attache at the U.S. embassy in Beijing. She was most recently senior managing director and head of the export controls and trade sanctions team at PricewaterhouseCoopers.