Alibaba Group announced the appointment of Eric Pelletier as Vice President, Head of International Government Affairs. Mr. Pelletier will be based in Washington, DC, and in this new role he will lead Alibaba Group's government affairs activities internationally (outside of China). Mr. Pelletier is a proven international government affairs leader and consensus builder.

For the past 20 years, Eric has served in key leadership positions at the U.S. Congress, the White House and the private sector. Mr. Pelletier joins Alibaba Group from the General Electric Company (GE) where he has served for the past 10 years. Most recently, Mr. Pelletier served as Global Executive Leader for Government Affairs and Policy for GE Capital.

Prior to his current role he served as Senior Manager of Government Affairs and Policy at GE.