Karan Bhatia

Former deputy US Trade Rep; Global head of policy for Google

Google has hired Karan Bhatia as its new Global Head of Policy to lead the company's policy discussions around major topics such as AI, job creation and infrastructure. Bhatia comes from GE, where he is President of GE's Government Affairs and Policy function. Susan Molinari, a former member of Congress and Google's vice president for public policy, will continue to lead the company's Washington-based team. As a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative under the Bush Administration, Bhatia oversaw U.S. international trade policy with respect to Asia and Africa.Bhatia has a bachelor’s degree from Princeton, a master’s from the London School of Economics and a law degree from Columbia. Bhatia will spend his first few months with the company at Google's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters and will then be based in Washington.

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Business Positions

Google Inc. American multinational technology company; specializes in Internet-related services, products

• Global Head of Policy (Jun '18→?)

General Electric Company American multinational conglomerate; announced plans to split into publicly traded businesses - healthcare, aviation and energy

• Vice President / Head ('08→'18)

Board Memberships

National Center for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation The National Center for APEC is a member-driven business organization focused exclusively on facilitating American private sector input to the APEC process.

• Board Member

US-ASEAN Business Council Advocacy organization for U.S. corporations operating within the ASEAN

• Director

National Foreign Trade Council The pre-eminent business association dedicated solely to international trade and investment issues.

• Board Member

Millennium Challenge Corporation Government agency targeting foreign assistance programs; created by Congress in 2004

• USTR designee (past)

United States International Development Finance Corporation Formerly known as OPIC, agency of the U.S. government that helps U.S. businesses invest overseas

• Board Member (past)

Positions

U.S. Global Leadership Campaign Advocacy arm of the USGLC

• Board Member

Government Positions

Office of the United States Trade Representative Office that facilitates global trade on behalf of the United States

• deputy US trade rep (past)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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General Electric Company Political Action Committee (Gepac) PAC for GE employees

• 42 contributions · 16,548 USD (Feb 13 '15→Jul 20 '18)

Rob Portman US Senator from Ohio (2011-present); former US Representative (1993-2007); former dir. OMB

• 10 contributions · 8,150 USD ('09→Aug 1 '16)

Heidi Heitkamp former US Senator from North Dakota

• 2 contributions · 4,000 USD (Jul 17 '17)

Romney Victory

• 1 contribution · 2,500 USD (Oct 10 '12)

Mitt Romney U.S. senator from Utah, former Massachusetts governor

• 1 contribution · 2,500 USD (Oct 10 '12)

Jeb Bush Former Governor of Florida

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD (Sep 28 '15)

Lindsey Graham US Senator from South Carolina (2003-present); former US Representative (1995-2003)

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Nov 7 '13)

Portman Victory Cmte Join fundraising Committee for Rob Portman, Republican Senator in Ohio

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Aug 1 '16)

Marco Rubio US Senator from Florida; (2011-present); 2016 GOP Presidential candidate

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Dec 4 '15)

National Republican Congressional Committee

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('10)

Memberships

Council on Foreign Relations US foreign policy think tank

• Member

Trilateral Commission International political and economic discussion group

• Member

Schools

London School of Economics and Political Science

• Master's Degree

Princeton University Ivy League University in Princeton, New Jersey

• Bachelor's Degree

Columbia Law School

• JD